“Catching an Epiphany” was previously published in When the Wild Comes Leaping Up: Personal Encounters with Nature, edited by David Suzuki (Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2002).
The following essays were previously published in Inventing the Future: Reflections on Science, Technology and Nature by David Suzuki (Toronto: Stoddart, 1989): “The Power of Diversity,” “Owning Up to Our Ignorance,” “The Ecosystem as Capital,” “Ecologists and Economists Unite!” “It Always Costs,” “The Illusory Oil Change,” “Nuclear Menus (Or, Eating in the Nuclear Age),” “The Prostitution of Academia,” “Infoglut and Its Consequences,” “Misusing the Language” (originally part of “Owning Up to Our Ignorance”), “The Really Real,” “Genetics after Auschwitz,” “The Final Dance on Racism’s Grave,” “Through Different Eyes,” “The Temptation to Tamper,” “The Pain of Animals,” “Are There No Limits?” “Borrowing from Children,” “Making Waves,” “Teaching the Wrong Lessons,” “Losing Interest in Science,” “The System and the Ecosystem,” “The Invisible Civilization”
The following essays were previously published in Time to Change by David Suzuki (Toronto: Stoddart, 1994): “London in My Life,” “Galápagos,” “Human Borders and Nature,” “There’s a Lot to Learn” (originally titled “There’s Lots to Learn”), “Elephants of the Sea,” “How Little We Know,” “Megadams,” “Global Warming,” “Near the End of Life” (originally titled “Dad’s Death”), “Economic Fallacy,” “Endless Growth—An Impossible Dream,” “Three Economists,” “Economics and the Third World,” “Plundering the Seas,” “Shifting Political Perspectives” (originally titled “Political Response Is Flawed”), “Science and Technology Are Still in Their Infancy” (originally titled “Science and Technology”), “Television’s Real Message,” “Haida Gwaii and My Home,” “The New Leaders,” “A Heroic Shepherd,” “Grass-Roots Groups,” “A Woman in Science,” “Young People,” “Monteverde and Children,” “Child Power,” “Germany—An Inspiring Example,” “Water and a Canadian Scientist,” “One Logger and His Forest,” “Philosopher-King,” “A New Kind of Political Leader”
The following essays were previously published in Earth Time by David Suzuki (Toronto: Stoddart, 1998): “The Thrill of Seeing Ants for What They Are,” “The Case for Keeping Wild Tigers,” “A Walk in the Rain Forest” (originally titled “Lessons from a Walk in a Rainforest”), “Why We Must Act on Global Warming,” “Ecological Footprints” (originally titled “Stark Facts on Ecological Footprints”), “A Boost for Biodiversity” (originally titled “Study Gives Biodiversity a Boost”), “Learning from Nature” (originally titled “Lessons Taught by Nature”), “The Hubris of Global Economics,” “A Progress Indicator That’s Real,” “Consumption as a Deliberate Goal,” “Assigning a Value to Nature” (originally titled “Economics and the Real World,” “Toward More National Economies” (originally titled “Economists See Errors of Our Ways”), “The Wall Street Journal’s Insane Criteria” (originally titled “The Wall Street Journal’s Criteria Are Insane”), “Following a Different Path” (originally titled “The Buzzsaw of ‘Progress’ Hits Sarawak”), “Lessons from Humanity’s Birthplace,” “Live by the Box, Perish by the Box,” “A Humbling Message of Ants and Men,” “Virtual Reality,” “The Hidden Messages,” “Are These Two Reporters on the Same Planet?” “Why a Warmer World Won’t Be a Better World,” “Why the Bravest Position Is Biocentrism,” “A Buddhist Way to Teach Kids Ecology,” “Why Sterile Schoolyards Are a Waste,” “Reflections While Backpacking,” “Village Power Wins Victories in India,” “Fisheries That Flourish” (originally titled “Study Focuses on Fisheries That Flourish”), “One Farmer Really Close to the Soil”
The following essays have not been previously published in book form: “What Can I Do?” “Arrival of an Alien,” “Learning to Slow Down,” “The True Price of a Tree,” “True Wealth,” “Biotechnology: A Geneticist’s Personal Perspective”
The following sources have given permission for quoted material:
From “How Big Is Our Ecological Footprint?” by Mathis Wackernagel, 1994. Pamphlet may be obtained from Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
From “Critical Literacy and Control in the New World Order” by Nicholas Faraclas, in Constructing Critical Literacies, edited by Sandy Muspratt, Alan Luke, and Peter Freebody, Hampton Press, 1997.
From Adbusters, volume 1, number 3.
From The Ultimate Resource by Julian Simon, 1992.
From “Farewell Lecture to the World Bank” by Herman Daly, January 14, 1994.
From an address to the United Nations General Assembly to launch the UN Year of Indigenous People by Anderson Mutang Urud, December 10, 1992.
From Naturalist by Edward O. Wilson, 1996, Island Press.
From Biophilia: The Human Bond with Other Species by Edward O. Wilson, 1984, Harvard University Press.
From Thomas Veltre at the Wildlife Filmmakers’ Symposium in Bath, England, 1989.
From “Genetics after Auschwitz” by Benno Muller-Hill, in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, volume 2, number 1, 1987.
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