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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.

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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Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.
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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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The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive.
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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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The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.
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For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.
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What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical gangs that are doing that.
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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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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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We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planet’s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble?
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Love is the force that makes us fully human.
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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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The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.
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Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.
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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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It is not too late to take another path.
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Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.
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You are what you do, not what you say.
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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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For the first time since life appeared on earth, one species- us- is single-handedly altering the physical, chemical and biological nature of earth. We have become a force of nature
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