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Billions Of Dollars In Unrecognized Services Found Under Metro Vancouver Water

Michelle Molnar | Posted 02.09.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Vancouver Water, Metro Vancouver Water, GDP+, Lower Mainland Water, Water, Ecosystems, Environment, Rio+20, Canada British Columbia News
Michelle Molnar

A new report values the annual services provided by aquatic areas to Lower Mainland residents. These are services that we've always treated as free because they have no current market value and are add-ons to nature-based economic activities like fisheries and forestry. The results are remarkable: our wetlands, beaches, coastal areas, lakes and rivers give us benefits to the tune of $30 billion to $60 billion every year, and that's a conservative estimate. That's like building more than 14 Canada Lines.

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Learning the Value of Respect on Haida Gwaii

David Suzuki | Posted 10.25.2011 | Canada
Read More: Silviculture, Forestry, First Nations, Fish, Respect, Fisheries, Haida Gwaii, Seafood, Dead Zones, Haida, Rainforest, Ecosystems, Sustainability, Hotsprings Island, Aboriginal, Canada News
David Suzuki

One of the first lessons I learned from First Nations communities was about the importance of respect. Without respect for each other, we don't listen and we fail to learn. But respect should extend beyond our fellow humans, to all the green things that capture the sun's energy and power the rest of life on Earth.

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How to Become an Environmentalist

David Suzuki | Posted 08.21.2011 | Canada
Read More: Floods, Drought, Glaciers, Sea Ice, Environmentalists, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Biosphere, Ecocrisis, Hydrologic Cycle, Environment Connect, Environmentalism, Canada Environment, Canada News
David Suzuki

Reports about floods and droughts and sea ice and climate change get sandwiched between clips about scandals and celebrities, and so we view them as isolated events. An environmental perspective would consider the possibility that many of the events are connected to an underlying cause.

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