This is going to be short and sweet. But we just have to give a thumbs up to David Suzuki for admitting he made a “fundamental error” 30 years ago, when his Suzuki Foundation first started.
Appearing at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Suzuki reflected on the environmental movement in general, and owned up to his misstep, saying “we thought we had only 10 years.”
By GREG McMILLAN / TheGreenHub.ca
At the time, it was suggested that the foundation focus on schools, but Suzuki rebuffed that, figuring there was “no time, given the grave and imminent threats to our ecosystems.”
Well, Suzuki is now saying that he figured wrong; that the doom and gloom mentality was the wrong message to send to young people.
Now he’s shifted gears and is preaching a back-to-nature approach.
Better late than never.
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