Bruce Lourie
Funny, thought-provoking, and somewhat disturbing, Bruce Lourie's 2009 bestselling Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us. Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes - now, it's personal.
The most dangerous pollution has always come from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of things that surround all of us all the time and shares the results of the effects of everyday chemicals on our bodies and lives. He offers a clear picture of our daily lives and the things we can do to make life better individually and as a society by changing some of our daily habits.
Bruce Lourie is an influential leader and thinker in Canada's environment sector. His 20 year career is built on creating collaborative solutions to challenges facing non-profits, government and the private sector. He is a Director of the Ontario Power Authority and a Director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, one of Canada's largest community funding agencies. He is Chair of the Board of Environmental Defence Canada. He has expertise in toxic substances, green energy, forest conservation and environmental philanthropy. His work is characterized by introducing new angles to environmental work including one of the country's early leaders in making environment a public health issue.
Bruce may be best known for his ability to identify gaps in the environmental sector and creating vibrant and effective organizations to fill those gaps. He and his partner were catalysts in the now very public policy changes to the use of Bisphenol A in baby bottles and more. Many of the organizations Bruce helped create are now regarded as models in their field.
He is also one of Canada's leading experts on mercury pollution but secretly loves tuna.
Client Testimonial
"Indispensable and unputdownable, Smith and Lourie take our - and their - toxic temperature. As scary as it all is, the really surprising part is how easily we can start cleaning up our act."
Ann-Marie MacDonald, author of The Way the Crow Flies and Fall On Your Knees
Funny, thought-provoking, and somewhat disturbing, Bruce Lourie's 2009 bestselling Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us. Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes - now, it's personal.
The most dangerous pollution has always come from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of things that surround all of us all the time and shares the results of the effects of everyday chemicals on our bodies and lives. He offers a clear picture of our daily lives and the things we can do to make life better individually and as a society by changing some of our daily habits.
Bruce Lourie is an influential leader and thinker in Canada's environment sector. His 20 year career is built on creating collaborative solutions to challenges facing non-profits, government and the private sector. He is a Director of the Ontario Power Authority and a Director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, one of Canada's largest community funding agencies. He is Chair of the Board of Environmental Defence Canada. He has expertise in toxic substances, green energy, forest conservation and environmental philanthropy. His work is characterized by introducing new angles to environmental work including one of the country's early leaders in making environment a public health issue.
Bruce may be best known for his ability to identify gaps in the environmental sector and creating vibrant and effective organizations to fill those gaps. He and his partner were catalysts in the now very public policy changes to the use of Bisphenol A in baby bottles and more. Many of the organizations Bruce helped create are now regarded as models in their field.
He is also one of Canada's leading experts on mercury pollution but secretly loves tuna.
Client Testimonial
"Indispensable and unputdownable, Smith and Lourie take our - and their - toxic temperature. As scary as it all is, the really surprising part is how easily we can start cleaning up our act."
Ann-Marie MacDonald, author of The Way the Crow Flies and Fall On Your Knees
