Public radio’s longest-running daily global news program.
©2025 The World from PRX
PRX is a 501(c)(3) organization recognized by the IRS: #263347402.

In his book, “The Legacy: an elder’s vision for our sustainable future,” David Suzuki discusses the effects of a rapidly growing population, a society that holds economy higher than ecology and what hope he sees for a sustainable future.
Over the span of a lifetime, the world’s population has tripled and consumption has become a way of life. David Suzuki reflects on these changes in his book “The Legacy: an elder’s vision for our sustainable future.” He tells host Steve Curwood that the path to a sustainable future is to stop elevating economy over ecology and to start imagining a brighter future.