Recommended Reading: Are we out of balance with nature?

Years ago, when David Suzuki asked former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney what was the most critical environmental problem Canada faced, he immediately answered, “Global warming.”

“How serious is it?” Suzuki asked.

The PM said, “It threatens the survival of our species,” and he called for serious efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The above exchange introduced me to the revised edition of The Sacred Balance by Mr. Suzuki, and though I’m only up to page 40 I recommend you sign it out of your local library when you have time.


[Don't be in a fog about shopping: Courtesy photo link]

A section entitled Consumption to Satisfy Our Needs helps put into perspective why we see such madness in the malls these days, what with only 38 shopping days left ‘til Christmas and the monster Boxing Day Blowout sales.

Last night I read the following:

“Now, we gather together and watch TV ads. Every ad is a cosmological sermon - the universe is a collection of objects to be fashioned into items for our consumption, and the role of humans is to work and buy objects.”

Interesting. And just in time for Christmas.

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What can objects be replaced with this year? Does eggnog count as an object?

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