by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 17, 2019 | Book Reviews
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer Hamish Hamilton | 2019 | 272 pages This is one of those books which deals with a divisive subject (climate change) and then creates yet more discord amongst readers because of the...
by suzukiwebmaster | Mar 1, 2017 | Advocacy
by Julia Smith Blue Sky Ranch, Merritt, B.C. Seems like everyone is selling “local, sustainable, ethical” meat these days. It’s big business and even companies like Walmart and McDonald’s are cashing in on consumer demand for products that are...
by suzukiwebmaster | Aug 16, 2016 | Opinions, Seeking Clarity, Species & Ecosystems
by Stan Hirst In his recent book I’m right and you’re an idiot author James Hoggan describes the ‘public square’ as a literal and symbolic place where people meet to discuss important community matters and governance, and to participate in...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jul 7, 2016 | Developing Resilience, Our Changing World
by Stan Hirst The Suzuki Elders’ Educational and Community Engagement Working Group have identified food security as one of several focuses for its ongoing educational programme. Two salons on the subject have been held in recent months (summarized at this link...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jun 8, 2016 | Developing Resilience, Seeking Clarity
April 18, 2018. Fifteen elders from the North Shore ElderCollege Society and the Suzuki Elders sat around paper-strewn tables in the Capilano Library, North Vancouver, and considered a topic of great importance to elders and to everyone else. How secure is our...