8 Articles match "David Suzuki"

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• David Suzuki - Climate Solutions
  
  Greenhouse gas emissions can be greatly reduced many different ways. Most of the solutions involve increasing the efficiency of our energy use to reduce fossil fuel demand, while maintaining - or improving - our lifestyles. Many of the potential solutions have benefits beyond greenhouse gas reduction, such as increased employment, stimulation of the high-tech manufacturing sector, and reduced urban air pollution. A combination of public interest and government sponsored programs can make these solutions a reality. Industry : Industry can reduce emissions in flexible,
  The Green Changemakers - Monday, April 21, 2008
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• Climate Change Goals Target Cheap Airline Fares
  
  As David Suzuki explains, “Although aviation is a relatively small industry, it has a disproportionately large impact on the [...] [ Climate Change Goals Target Cheap Airline Fares from Green Living Ideas ] ...Tags: With all eyes on Copenhagen hoping the world’s leaders will create a “meaningful and binding accord” on climate change, countries that have already set targets are realizing the harsh reality of how aviation affects these goals. Tags: Air Travel Carbon/ GHG Reduction Travel and Vacationing airline industry
  Green Living Ideas - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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• Ride a bike and save the world
  
  by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola. "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." - H.G. So, get on your bike in June, and maybe you’ll like it enough to make it your preferred method of transportation year-round. Take David Suzuki's Nature Challenge and learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org . ...Tags: Wells Science has had a tremendous impact on the planet in an incredibly short time. In just the past few hundred of our 150,000 years on Earth, we have invented everything from steam engines, cars,
  The Green Changemakers - Saturday, May 31, 2008
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• The GOOD Guide to COP15
  
  The treaty was drafted by Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, IndyACT (the league of independent activists), Germanwatch, the David Suzuki Foundation, the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine, and experts from around the world. The GOOD Guide to COP15: Now What? Posted by GOOD 2 weeks ago Even if you flew to Copenhagen, they probably wouldn’t let you in to the conference. But don’t despair: You don’t have to be a delegate to help stave off catastrophe. Keep track of the treaty : Negotiators are working on a draft treaty—raising objections, making
  The Green Changemakers - Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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• Special report: How our economy is killing the Earth
  
  And the broadcaster and activist David Suzuki explains how he inspires business leaders and politicians to change their thinking ("Interview with an environmental activist") . Just what a truly sustainable economy would look like is explored in " Life in a land without growth ", when New Scientist uses Daly's blueprint to imagine life in a society that doesn't use up resources faster than the world can replace them. 16 October 2008 From New Scientist . Enlarge image (Graph: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York) THE graphs climbing across these pages ( see graph, right , or explore in more detail ) are a
  The Green Changemakers - Friday, October 17, 2008
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• Building a Just and Sustainable World (YES magazine)
  
  Their lesson plan on consumption has David Suzuki explaining the human dependence on natural resources and the impact of resource consumption on the world. Redefining Progress In partnership with Earth Day Network, Redefining Progress offers environmental education lesson plans for K-12 educators. January/February 2008 “The average U.S. person now consumes twice as much as they did 50 years ago.
  The Green Changemakers - Friday, October 31, 2008
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• Goal of Bhutan, 'Gross National Happiness'
  
  His books in English include The Other Japan (co-authored by David Suzuki and originally published in Canada and Australia as The Japan We Never Knew ) and Rowing the Eternal Sea . His Japanese translation credits include Our Future Selves: Love, Life, Sex, and Aging by Merrily Weisbord, David Suzuki's You Are the Earth , and Robert F. Copyright JFS Lecturer: Tsuji Shin'ichi , cultural anthropologist, author, translator, environmental activist, and public speaker The term "Gross National Happiness (GNH)" refers to a unique way of thinking. I
  The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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• What's hot, what's not in 2009: Saving Green
  
  David Bach , who coined “the latte factor”, points out that not spending just $5 day saves $150 per month, which adds up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in a person's lifetime.) Renew and repair. Check out Doing Business in a New Climate , the David Suzuki Foundation's guide to measuring, reducing, and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions. Link: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/NatureChallenge/newsletters/jan09_savinggreen/default.asp No one likes to see their hard-earned dollars going down the drain. Consider the $$$ you stand to lose by NOT making these planet-saving
  The Green Changemakers - Thursday, January 22, 2009
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