With over 1,000 boil advisories each day in this country, a government infatuated with pipelines, and a claim to many of worst mining companies on the planet, there are many reasons to be depressed about the environment in Canada. For these reasons and many others, concerned citizens must cling tightly to the faint glimmers of hope that cross their paths. They are few and far between.

It is only fitting then that, on October 18, David Suzuki took time out of his schedule to celebrate some of these country's rising environmental stars -- a well-deserved recharge for one of this country's leading environmental voices.