The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature

Patricia Morley is professor emerita of English and Canadian studies at
Concordia University, and the author of Kurlek, Margaret Laurence: The
Long Journey Home, and As Though Life Mattered: Leo Kennedy’s Story.

What should come first: the economy and global competitiveness or the
preservation of the elements on which our lives depend? For David
Suzuki, host of television’s The Nature of Things, the answer is
obvious.

Drawing on evidence from a host of scientific, medical, and philosophic
sources, The Sacred Balance reminds us that we are “born on the
earth”; that the oceans are flowing through our veins; that we are
“protected by kin” (namely, the endlessly varied forms of life with
whom we share the earth); and that when we try to deny these elemental
truths, we do so at our peril.

Suzuki views the start of the new millennium as an extraordinary
opportunity for humankind to evaluate how far we have come and where we
are headed. His book deserves a wide audience and a careful hearing.