Sunday September 22, 2013 at Queen's Park Circle, 11am - 6pm
David Suzuki
Event Info: Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster and author and co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990. A Companion to the Order of Canada, Dr. Suzuki is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia and holds 27 honorary degrees from universities around the world. He is familiar to television audiences as host of the long-running CBC science and natural history series The Nature of Things, and to radio audiences as the original host of CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks, as well as the acclaimed series It's a Matter of Survival and From Naked Ape to Superspecies. Dr. Suzuki has written more than 54 books, 19 of them for children. Dr. Suzuki lives with his wife, Dr. Tara Cullis, and family in Vancouver, B.C.
Books
Everything Under the Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet
By Ian Hanington and Dr. David Suzuki
In this latest offering from David Suzuki, the well-known scientist, author, and broadcaster explores the interconnectedness of the world’s myriad environmental challenges. The solutions are there, he argues; we just need the will to act together to bring about change.
Everything Under the Sun includes telling facts and stats, the latest scientific findings, and examples of the positive actions people are taking today toward protecting what we have. Underpinning it all is the recognition that Earth gives us everything we require to live, under a sun that provides the energy to produce food, transport, and all of our modern conveniences.
Ian Hanington is a communications and editorial specialist for the David Suzuki Foundation. A former editor of the Georgia Straight, he has worked as a researcher, news reporter, critic, and editor for various publications and also teaches in the professional writing program at Douglas College in New Westminster, British Columbia. He lives in Vancouver.
Greystone Books in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation
$29.95 - Environment
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
By Dr. David Suzuki with contributions by Adrienne Mason and Amanda McConnell
Since its first publication, Sacred Balance has sold over 100,000 copies. In the meantime, global warming has become a major issue as glaciers and polar ice caps have begun to melt at an alarming rate, populations of polar bears have dwindled, the intensity of hurricanes and tsunamis has drastically increased, coral bleaching is occurring globally, and the earth has experienced its hottest years in over four centuries. In this new and extensively revised and amplified edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on these changes and examines what they mean for our place in the world.
Greystone Books in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation
$22.95 - Environment
More Good News: Real Solutions to the Global Eco-Crisis
By Holly Dressel and Dr. David Suzuki
David Suzuki and Holly Dressel update their bestseller, Good News for a Change, published in 2003 with over 35,000 copies sold, with the latest inspiring stories about individuals, groups, and businesses that are making real change in the world. The authors also present up-to-date information about new, critical subjects not covered in the previous edition, such as energy and the economy. All the stories describe sustainable solutions that already exist and that can be used around the world.
Holly Dressel, author of Who Killed the Queen? co-author of Good News for a Change and From Naked Ape to Super-species, is a researcher and writer for television, radio and print, and an Adjunct Professor at the School of the Environment at McGill University.
Greystone Books in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation
$29.95 - Environment
The Legacy: An Elder’s Vision for Our Sustainable Future
In his own lifetime, Suzuki has witnessed an explosion of scientific knowledge as well as a huge change in our relationship with the planet—a tripling of the world’s population, a greatly increased ecological footprint, and a huge growth in technological capacity. These changes have had a dire effect on Earth’s ecosystems and consequently on our own well-being. To deal with this crisis, we must realize that the laws of nature have priority over the forces of economics. Suzuki states that change begins with each of us; all it takes is imagination and faith in Mother Earth.
Greystone Books in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation
$17.95 - Environment
There’s a Barnyard in my Bedroom
By Dr. David Suzuki, illustrations by Eugenie Fernandes
In this beautifully illustrated story, a brother and sister go on nature adventures and discover that natural magic is all around them, even in their own home. They find an ocean in their bathroom, dinosaur breath inside their own bodies, and the past and the future in their own backyard.
Greystone Books in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation
$12.95 - Environment
Salmon Forest
By Sarah Ellis and Dr. David Suzuki
David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis's charming and informative text, accompanied by Sheena Lott's exquisite watercolors, magically evoke the spirit and mystery of the West Coast rain forest. Together, text and illustrations illuminate the interconnectedness of the forest and the sea and of all life.
Sarah Ellis, an award-winning author has written an absorbing and insightful introduction that places The Book of Small and Emily Carr into historical and literary context. Sarah Ellis is a sought-after speaker at conferences and workshops throughout North America and Europe. She has taught children's literature at colleges and universities in Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan, and she has been a core lecturer and seminar leader at the Children's Literature New England conferences since 1993.
Greystone Books in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation
$10.95 - Environment
