Sustainability within a Generation: A new vision for Canada

Sustainability Within a Generation is a report from the David Suzuki Foundation that lays out nine core goals Canada can achieve by the year 2030.

The policy changes from Sustainability Within a Generation are quite simple and involve a common theme: making the market work better.

Right now we subsidize polluting industries and discourage clean ones, paying too much tax on some things, and not enough on others.

Sustainability means living within the earth’s limits, improving our health and well-being by reducing and eliminating pollution and waste. It means tackling the root causes of health and environmental problems before they occur.

Sustainability involves everyone. Many Canadians already recycle, drive less, and use environmentally friendly products. But we also expect our governments to set policies that give us choices to build a better future, better transportation options, healthy food, safe and clean energy, and products that won’t harm our well-being.

Countries like Sweden, Germany and the U.K. have been successful by setting similar long-term environmental goals. Canada can do the same.

Download the full report here: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Economy/Sustainability/