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A hopeful, inspiring, and honest take on the environmentYes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges - climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a remarkable number of environmental problems have been solved, while substantial progress is ongoing on others.The Optimistic Environmentalist chronicles these remarkable success stories. Endangered species - from bald eagles to gray whales - pulled back from the precipice of extinction. Thousands of new parks, protecting billions of hectares of land and water. The salvation of the ozone layer, vital to life on Earth. The exponential growth of renewable energy powered by wind, water, and sun.
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David R. Boyd is one of Canada's leading environmental lawyers and an expert in the field of human health and environmental policy. He is a Trudeau Scholar at the University of British Columbia, an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University, and a Research Associate with the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria. Boyd has advised the governments of both Canada and Sweden on environmental issues and often works with the David Suzuki Foundation. He lives on Pender Island with Margot Venton and their daughter Meredith, spending lots of time hiking, kayaking, and splashing about on the beach. David is also a four-time Ironman and has completed dozens of marathons and ultramarathons.
