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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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With the world's human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose.
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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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We can no longer tolerate what's going on in Ottawa and Edmonton. What I would challenge you to do is to put a lot of effort into trying to see whether there's a legal way of throwing our so-called leaders into jail because what they're doing is a criminal act.
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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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Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.
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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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The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.
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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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I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect.
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We all live downstream
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The event of creation did not take place so many eons ago, astronomically or biologically speaking. Creation is taking place every moment of our lives.
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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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It is not too late to take another path.
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Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.
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Human beings are often at their best when responding to immediate crises - car accidents, house fires, hurricanes. We are less effective in the face of enormous but slow-moving crises such as the loss of biodiversity or climate change.
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Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve.
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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.
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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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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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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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