"Like me, he was inspired by Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring to become a strong defender of the environment as well as human rights. In both social justice and environmental causes, he believed in the strength of grassroots efforts. As he told the CBC Radio program Ideas, "The powers that be can break up any big thing they want. They can attack it from the outside. They can infiltrate it and corrupt it from the inside — or co-opt it. But what are they going to do about 10 million little things? They don't know where to start. Break up three of them and four more like it start up." David Suzuki - Science Matters
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This post is a continuation of the series on the new class system , and bears no relation to the slang usage referring to a part of female ... -
9: language - every living creature has some form of communication, a way to warn of danger and a way to welcome. The language we use ... -
I remember being cornered at a party, back in the sixties when I was a new immigrant to Canada, by a young man telling me why the UK is goin...
I was inspired by that book too - such a long time ago and such powerful images from her book remain.
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