Economic disasters. Environmental collapse. And a political class that prefers scare tactics to legitimate debate. It seems like we're in an intractable mess, but the world is changing for the better now.
Join David as he interviews the Canadians making good news for a change -cyclists creating new communities, economists who know that the environment is the economy, and scientists preserving Canada's songbird heritage.
You can listen to the archive version of the program in streaming audio format or you can download the podcast.
David Suzuki was guest host of CBC's The Current last Friday.
Here's the program line-up:
Part One:
- Economists Peter Victor (York University) and Jim Gaisford (University of Calgary)
Part Two:
- Chris Carlsson, one of the founders of the Critical Mass urban cycling movement and author of Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today
- Bill McKibbon,author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Part Three:
- Rob Butler, coordinator of the British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas
- Silence of the Songbirds author Bridget Stutchbury
- Head of BirdLife International, Dr. Mike Rand
- Courtney Humphries, author of Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan ... and the World
- Musician Sarah Harmer
All across the country, Canadians are voicing their support for the environment this election. Blog along with David at VoteEnvironment2008.ca.
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