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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.
David Suzuki
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David Suzuki
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 24
Biologist
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Zoologist
Vancouver
British Columbia
David Takayoshi Suzuki
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