David Suzuki Quotes

• We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Nature

  Tags in Time, Learn
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  Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Stupid

  Tags in Products, Scientist

• Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a walk, tread gently and remember that we are both inhabitants and stewards of nature in our neighbourhoods.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Nature

  Tags in Time, Remember

• Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don’t always reflect or act on that knowledge.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Knowledge

  Tags in Real, Political

• Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Necessary, Price, Scientists

• One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Eyes, Again, Grandparents

• 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.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Live, Important, Conditions

• Over and over, we hear politicians say they can’t spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tax, Politicians, Protection

• Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Plastic, Unnecessary

• It’s not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren’t the worst problem with fracking.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Problem, High, Earth

• Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Put, Energy, Resources

• Just as human activity is upsetting Earth’s carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Human, Earth, Water

• Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It’s too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Stop, Late, Global

• Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Growth, Natural

• Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we’ve become accustomed.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Live, Possible, Quickly

• Thanks to evolution, our bodies have powerful ways to ward off illness and infection and enable us to live long and healthy lives. Why, then, do health costs continue to climb at unsustainable and frightening rates?

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Live, Powerful

• Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Simple, Energy, Solutions

• 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.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Change, Lives

• Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Need, While

• The government’s desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn’t give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Government, Must, May

David Suzuki (62)

Birth:	24th March, 1936
Nationality:	Canadian
Profession:	Academic, Activist, Broadcaster

About

David Takayoshi Suzuki is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001.

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