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A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.

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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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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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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All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.
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What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.
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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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Other things, like capitalism, free enterprise, the economy, currency, the market, are not forces of nature, we invented them. They are not immutable and we can change them.
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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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