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Our identity includes our natural world, how we move through it, how we interact with it and how it sustains us.

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
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Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve.
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In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
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Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy.
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Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.
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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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Every breath is a sacrament, an affirmation of our connection with all other living things, a renewal of our link with our ancestors and a contribution to generations yet to come. Our breath is a part of life's breath, the ocean of air that envelopes the earth.
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Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a walk, tread gently and remember that we are both inhabitants and stewards of nature in our neighbourhoods.
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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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We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.
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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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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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