{"product_id":"what-you-wont-do-for-love-a-conversation-paperback","title":"What You Won't Do for Love: A Conversation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Suzuki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTara Cullis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMiriam Fernandes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if we could love the planet as much as we love one another?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Warm, wise, and overflowing with generosity, this is a love story so epic it embraces all of creation. Yet another reminder of how blessed we are to be in the struggle with elders like David and Tara.\" - Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat You Won't Do for Love\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring conversation about love and the environment. When artist Miriam Fernandes approached the legendary eco-pioneer David Suzuki to create a theatre piece about climate change, she expected to write about David's perspective as a scientist. Instead, she discovered the boundless vision and efforts of Tara Cullis, a literature scholar, climate organizer, and David's life partner. Miriam realized that David and Tara's decades-long love for each other, and for family and friends, has only clarified and strengthened their resolve to fight for the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat You Won't Do for Love\u003c\/i\u003e transforms real-life conversations between David, Tara, Miriam, and her husband Sturla into a charmingly novel and poetic work. Over one idyllic day in British Columbia, Miriam and Sturla take in a lifetime of David and Tara's adventures, inspiration, and love, and in turn reflect on their own relationships to each other and the planet. Revealing David Suzuki and Tara Cullis in an affable, conversational, and often comedic light, \u003ci\u003eWhat You Won't Do For Love\u003c\/i\u003e asks if we can love our planet the same way we love one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. David Suzuki\u003c\/strong\u003e has made it his life's work to help humanity understand, appreciate, respect and protect nature. A scientist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, he is a gifted interpreter of science and nature who provides audiences with a compelling look at the state of our environment, underscoring both the successes we have achieved in the battle for environmental sustainability, and the strides we still have to make. Both inspiring and realistic, he offers leading-edge insights into sustainable development and model for a world in which humanity can live well and still protect our environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e]He is familiar to television audiences as host of the CBC science and natural history television series \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and to radio audiences as the original host of CBC Radio's \u003ci\u003eQuirks and Quarks\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the acclaimed series \u003ci\u003eIt's a Matter of Survival\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Naked Ape to Superspecies\u003c\/i\u003e. David was the recipient of The Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award.\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning writer and former faculty member of Harvard University, \u003cb\u003eTara Cullis\u003c\/b\u003e has been a key player in environmental movements in the Amazon, Southeast Asia, Japan and British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003eShe was a founder of the Turning Point Initiative, now known as the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative. This brought First Nations of British Columbia's central and northern coasts into a historic alliance, protecting the ecology of the region known as the Great Bear Rainforest.] In 1990 Dr. Tara Cullis co-founded, with Dr. David Suzuki, the David Suzuki Foundation to \"collaborate with Canadians from all walks of life including government and business, to conserve our environment and find solutions that will create a sustainable Canada through science-based research, education and policy work.\" Tara founded or co-founded nine other organizations before co-founding the David Suzuki Foundation.Tara has been adopted and named by Haida, Gitga'at, Heiltsuk, and Nam'gis First Nations.\u003cb\u003eMiriam Fernandes \u003c\/b\u003eis a Toronto-based artist who has worked as an actor, director, and theatre-maker around the world. Recent directing and creation credits include \u003ci\u003eHayavadana\u003c\/i\u003e (Soulpepper Theatre), \u003ci\u003eNesen\u003c\/i\u003e, (MiniMidiMaxi Festival, Norway) \u003ci\u003eThe First Time I Saw the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (YVA Company, Norway). She is currently is co-writing\/adapting for the stage the ancient epic, \u003ci\u003eMahabharata\u003c\/i\u003e (Why Not Theatre\/Shaw Festival), is developing a Deaf\/hearing production of \u003ci\u003eLady Macbeth\u003c\/i\u003e (in partnership with 1S1 Collective), and is the co-writer of \u003ci\u003eWhat You Won't Do for Love\u003c\/i\u003e with Drs. David Suzuki and Tara Cullis. Miriam is the recipient of the JBC Watkins Award and was nominated for the inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize. She is also the co-artistic director of Why Not Theatre and has trained with Anne Bogart's SITI Company, and is a graduate of École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. \u003cbr\u003eToronto-based stage director \u003cb\u003eRavi Jain\u003c\/b\u003e is a multi-award-winning artist known for making politically bold and accessible theatrical experiences in both small indie productions and large theatres. As the founding artistic director of Why Not Theatre, Ravi has established himself as an artistic leader for his inventive productions, international producing\/collaborations and innovative producing models which are aimed to better support emerging artists to make money from their art.\u003cbr\u003eRavi was twice shortlisted for the 2016 and 2019 Siminovitch Prize and won the 2012 Pauline McGibbon Award for Emerging Director and the 2016 Canada Council John Hirsch Prize for direction. He is a graduate of the two-year program at École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. He was selected to be on the roster of clowns for Cirque du Soleiel. Currently, \u003ci\u003eSea Sick, \u003c\/i\u003e which he co-directed, will be on at the National Theatre in London, his adaptation of tThe Indian epic \u003ci\u003eMahabarata\u003c\/i\u003e will premier at the Shaw Festival, and \u003ci\u003eWhat You Won't Do For Love\u003c\/i\u003e, starring David Suzuki will premier in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766174023968,"sku":"9781552454541","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3dcaa042ad5b790accf27cb0cd6e9fcf.webp?v=1780287138","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-you-wont-do-for-love-a-conversation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}