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We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.

David Suzuki

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David Suzuki
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 24
Biologist
Climate Activist
Environmentalist
Professor
Science Writer
Writer
Zoologist
Vancouver
British Columbia
David Takayoshi Suzuki
Blinders
Reinvent
Options
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Future
Free
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With the world's human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose.
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Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.
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If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases.
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But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.
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We have altered the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. We have left no part of the globe untouched.
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Less than 10% of the fuel energy burned in automobiles is translated into forward motion of the vehicle and even then most of this energy is needed to move the vehicle itself, which typically weighs 20 times more than its passengers.
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We all live downstream
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If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.
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Canada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.
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Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.
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From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change.
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I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect.
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If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.
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Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.
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Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.
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The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.
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You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.
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Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.
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All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.
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Protecting the biosphere should be our highest priority or else we sicken and die.
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