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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
Downstream
Environment
Nature
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Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.
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Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.
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Our beliefs, our values shape the way we look out at the world and the way we treat it. If we believe that we were here, placed here by God, that this - all of this creation is for us, it's for us to go and occupy, dominate and exploit, then we will proceed to do that.
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In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted everything is recycled.
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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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The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage - curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called 'the future.'
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If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.
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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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Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.
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Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
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You are what you do, not what you say.
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Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.
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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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