The Challenge of the 21st Century: Setting the Bottomline
David T. Suzuki, PhD, Co-Founder, David Suzuki Foundation
In his keynote address, David Suzuki will focus on the prevalent messaging in our society that economic strength, above all, is the crucial foundation for both environmental protection and our well being. Suzuki will focus on how we are bombarded through the media with all kinds of conflicting messages which support or refute this point of view. Suzuki will argue that Steven Harper himself adopted one of these messages to justify his lack of support for the Kyoto protocol based on what he saw as its threat to the economy. Given what Suzuki sees as the deep flaws in our current economic system, he questions whether we have the means to effectively protect the biosphere.
