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The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.

David Suzuki

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David Suzuki
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 24
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Vancouver
British Columbia
David Takayoshi Suzuki
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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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Protecting the biosphere should be our highest priority or else we sicken and die.
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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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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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Humanity is facing a challenge unlike any we've ever had to confront. We are in an unprecedented period of change.
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So now the challenge is to imagine a different world where our wealth is in human relations and the things we do together, and we learn to live in balance with the rest of nature.
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Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine.
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More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.
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The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced.
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Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands, and sometimes millions, of years they have co-evolved to live in local climate and soil conditions.
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Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.
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We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control.
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We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets.
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You are what you do, not what you say.
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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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If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.
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If we continue to set human borders and the economy as our highest priorities, we will never come to grips with the destructiveness of our activities and institutions.
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With an estimated population of nine billion people by 2050, we cannot continue to consume resources at the same rate and maintain our quality of life.
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All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.
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What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?
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