The big picture : reflections on science, humanity, and a quickly changing planet

Suzuki, David T. 1936- (Author). Taylor, Dave Robert, 1971- (Added Author).

Summary: "Looks beyond our environmental problems to examine the forces that prevent real change from occurring. Whether he's discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology, why a warmer world will result in more poison ivy, or why we might need to start eating jelly-fish for supper, David Suzuki points the direction we must go as a society."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553653974
ISBN: 1553653971
Physical Description: print
279 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : David Suzuki Foundation ; Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books ; [Berkeley] : Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West, ©2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

A collection of columns published under the title Science matters.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Blinded by Science: Research and the perils of ignorance -- 2. Smarter Than Your Average Planet: Interconnections in the biosphere -- 3. Getting to Know the Joneses: Protecting the diversity of life on Earth -- 4. Putting Mother Nature on the Payroll: Natural services and economics -- 5. Hot Hot Heat: Global warming and climate change -- 6. You Can't Get There from Here: Car culture and global transportation -- 7. Jellyfish -- It's What's for Dinner: Feeding the planet in the twenty-first century -- 8. True Cost of Gadgets: Technology and the culture of consumerism -- 9. Lights, Camera, Sound Bite: Social change and the media -- 10. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Public policy for a sustainable planet.