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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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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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The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
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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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All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.
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Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.
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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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Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.
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The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.
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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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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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More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.
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Any scientist who tells you they know that GMOs are safe and not to worry about it, is either ignorant of the history of science or is deliberately lying. Nobody knows what the long-term effect will be.
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