FYI. excerpts from a Review by Ed Glaze III Time to Change: Essays by David Suzuki (1994) Suzuki says, "My primary concern continues to be to convince people that there is a real crisis affecting all of us and that every minute we continue to deny or ignore it, the fewer options we will have and the harder it will be to make the changes needed to bring us back into balance with the factors that sustain our lives." Much of the information given will be familiar to well-informed environmentalists, but it has been put together in an easy to read book that even a teenager would enjoy reading. And this is just the type of information that teenagers and the rest of us need if we are to make good decisions about our future. Another Suzuki quote, "Until everyone takes it for granted that the real 'bottom line' for survival and the quality of life is not economics but the state of air, water, soil, and biological diversity, we will continue to perceive the 'environment' as an issue that must compete with other pressing matters." >From his essay on Population Growth, "There are many who believe it is already too late to turn the curve (of total population over time) down gently and that the drop will be catastrophically precipitous. In spite of the frightening shape of the curves, our economic and political leaders all act as if the line going straight up is completely normal -- indeed, desirable and necessary -- even when it is obvious that the explosive growth is without precedent and unsustainable. Every political and business decision seems to be based on the assumption that bringing the curve down is simply unacceptable, but the alternative is a nature-imposed drop that will be all the greater." (snip)
