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The Big Picture: Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a by David Suzuki, Dave Robert Taylor

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By David Suzuki, Dave Robert Taylor

No matter if he's discussing how you can reconcile financial system with ecology, why a hotter international will lead to extra poison ivy, why Britney Spears will get extra hits on Google than worldwide warming does, or why we'd have to commence consuming jellyfish for supper, David Suzuki issues the course we needs to take as a society if we are hoping to fulfill the environmental demanding situations we are facing in our still-young century. protecting suburban sprawl, sustainable transportation, nutrition shortages, biodiversity, expertise, public coverage, and extra, The enormous photo not simply identifies the issues we are facing yet proposes good, science-based suggestions. those attractive essays glance past environmental demanding situations to ascertain the forces which are combating actual swap from taking place. jointly they inform the tale of a species suffering to return to grips with its personal organic nature, a nature we needs to eventually embody to dwell in stability with the structures that maintain us.

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How would fish be exposed to female human hormones? Through treated or untreated municipal wastewater, of course. It seems that widespread use of birth control pills has elevated the amount of estrogenic substances going into our waste stream. Remember, things that go down our toilets don’t just disappear. They can actually survive simple sewage treatment processes and end up in our rivers, lakes, and oceans. Reports of fish feminization as a result of human female hormones are fairly well documented—but no one had done long-term studies of the impact this can have on fish populations.

Our soils endlessly fertile. What we didn’t realize was that our air, our water, and even our soils and every living thing are all connected. These connections are what make our planet so very, very special—the only one like it in the known universe. What happens when we ignore these connections? Included in this chapter is an essay on the Aral Sea that gives us some indication. It isn’t pretty. But the story is also one of hope. Because the same interconnections that make the natural world vulnerable to human meddling also make it remarkably tenacious.

In other words, when it comes to advanced education, addressing belief systems rather than ignoring them could be an important teaching tool. However, it’s completely inappropriate to introduce religion into science studies at younger grades, when the capacity for critical thought has yet to develop. Canadians should be thankful that their country is by and large free of such debates. But the fact that intelligent design again reared its head so close to home means we have to be even more vigilant in ensuring that politics and religion do not cloud our teaching of science.

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