Why You Need To Know About David Suzuki's Blue Dot Tour

Over 110 nations across the world recognize their citizen's right to live in a healthy environment. But not Canada.

The right to a healthy environment is the simple idea that all Canadians deserve to breathe fresh air, drink clean water, and eat healthy food.

David Suzuki, co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster, asks: "What's more important than the right to breathe fresh air, drink clean water and eat healthy food?"

This is why he launched the Blue Dot Tour, which to him, is the most important thing he has ever done.    

According to the David Suzuki Foundation: Environmental hazards contribute to about 36,000 premature deaths in Canada a year, and half of us live in areas where we're exposed to unsafe air pollution levels. Pollution costs Canada about $100 billion a year, and many people suffer from illnesses like asthma and heart disease because of environmental contamination.

To me, and I'm pretty sure you too, those are some shocking facts.

Over half the countries across the world have environmental rights written into their constitutions making these issues top priority. So why doesn't Canada?

The goal of the Blue Dot Tour is to work with everyone across Canada, including YOU, to help bring about change to ensure all Canadians have access to clean water, fresh air and healthy food. The hope is to have the right to a healthy environment added to the Canadian Constitution's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

It's a huge goal, but it can definitely be achieved. How? By coming together as individuals, neighbourhoods, provinces, and as a country, to show leaders that this is important to us and our children. By pulling together, we can all make huge changes.

To find out more about the Blue Dot Tour, watch this short video:

Want to get involved? Here are a few ways:

1. Sign the Blue Dot petition. To date, more than 27,000 Canadians seeking recognition of the right to a healthy environment in their community have signed it. (I've signed it!)
2. Attend an event. This will be David Suzuki's last national tour and will take place from September 24th to November 9th. Check to see if he will be visiting your city this fall. On each stop, Canadian celebrities and thought leaders will be joining him to help spread the message and support one common cause—our right to a healthy environment.
3. Share info about the Blue Dot Tour on Facebook and Twitter.
4. Donate to support the Blue Dot movement.

Want to learn how you can make some small and simple earth-friendly changes today? Here are 10 Ways To Throw and Eco-Friendly Birthday Party and if you aren't doing it already, here is Why You Need To Start Using Reusable Shopping Bags.