David Suzuki: A New Kind of NIMBY: Nature in My Backyard

David Suzuki: A New Kind of NIMBY: Nature in My Backyard: "growing resistance to a mega-quarry being proposed for southern Ontario, I had an epiphany about the media's use of the term NIMBY, for 'not in my backyard.' It's normally used to describe grassroots efforts to block everything from landfills and windmills to big box stores and bike lanes. NIMBYism has taken on a negative association, often implying naive or parochial resistance to projects that challenge the status quo in a community."