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The world is changing at a relentless pace. How can we slow down and act from a place of respect for all living things? The Sacred Balance shows us how.

The story of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released from its cone until, more than 500 years later, it lies on the forest floor as a nurse log, giving life to ferns, mosses, and hemlocks, even as its own life is ending.

In this inspiring series of letters to his grandchildren, David Suzuki offers grandfatherly advice mixed with stories from his own remarkable life and explores what makes life meaningful. He challenges his grandchildren - and us - to do everything at full tilt. He explains why sports, fishing, feminism, and failure are important; why it is dangerous to deny our biological nature; and why First Nations must lead a revolution.

Shunryu Suzuki’s extraordinary gift for presenting traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well known to the countless readers of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. In Zen Is Right Here, his teachings are brought to life through stories told by his students. These living encounters with Zen are poignant, direct, humorous, paradoxical, and enlightening - and their setting in real-life contexts makes them wonderfully accessible. 

David Suzuki and special guests explore how our recovery from COVID-19 is an unprecedented opportunity to build a better, just and sustainable world.

The teachings of Shunryu Suzuki have served for innumerable people as the gateway to Zen practice and meditation. In Zen Is Right Now, devoted student and biographer David Chadwick sheds new light on Suzuki’s presence and teachings through selected quotes from his lectures and a variety of stories told by his students. 

This collection of nine performance pieces by naturalists is inspired by the words of Margaret Mead, who said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful individuals can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Together, these individuals provide a diverse story that memorializes the diversity, beauty, and fragility of our planet.

Voulant explorer les angles morts auxquels nous sommes parfois confronté·es dans le contexte de la mobilisation citoyenne, Noémie, l’animatrice du balado, va à la rencontre de personnes œuvrant dans divers groupes de transition socioécologique du Réseau Demain le Québec pour discuter d’une thématique qui leur est chère. Que ce soit Catherine qui nous jase d’âgisme ou encore Patrick qui nous parle de son expérience d’allié allochtone, venez en apprendre davantage sur leurs expériences, en toute simplicité et humilité. Parce que s’inspirer des autres, c’est motivant! ...