David Suzuki Quotes

• 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.

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  Topics in Work

  Tags in Growth, Natural

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

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Plastic, Unnecessary

• 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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  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.

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  Tags in Tax, Politicians, Protection

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

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  Tags in Eyes, Again, Grandparents

• 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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Tags in Necessary, Price, Scientists

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

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  Tags in Human, Earth, Water

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Put, Energy, Resources

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Problem, High, Earth

• If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

  David Suzuki

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• If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

• I’ve always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away. How do they do it?

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• Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and harm human health.

  David Suzuki

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we’ve not only survived, we’ve used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges.

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  Tags in Armed, Adapt

• Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.

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  Tags in Winter, Eat

• From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change.

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  Tags in Geological, Change

• 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.

  David Suzuki

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  Tags in Priority, Economic

• Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.

  David Suzuki

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  Tags in Appetite, Feeding

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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