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David Suzuki Biography

David Takayoshi Suzuki CC OBC FRSC (born March 24, 1936) 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. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things, seen in over 40 countries. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment.

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We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planet’s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble?

Atmosphere, Gamble, Impact, Long, Planets

The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.

Environment, Fundamental, Fundamentals, Members, Society, Value

Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.

Agreement, Citizens, Help, Necessary, Organization, Treaties

Human use of fossil fuels is altering the chemistry of the atmosphere; oceans are polluted and depleted of fish; 80 per cent of Earth's forests are heavily impacted or gone yet their destruction continues. An estimated 50,000 species are driven to extinction each year. We dump millions of tonnes of chemicals, most untested for their biological effects, and many highly toxic, into air, water and soil. We have created an ecological holocaust. Our very health and survival are at stake, yet we act as if we have plenty of time to respond.

Air, Destruction, Ocean, Per, Year, Years

More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.

Adequate, Lack, People, Water

People. . especially people in positions of power. . have invested a tremendous amount of effort and time to get to where they are. They really don't want to hear that we're on the wrong path, that we've got to shift gears and start thinking differently.

Effort, People, Power, Shift, Thinking, Time

There are some things in the world we can't change.

Biosphere, Can'T Change, Change, Things, World

Humans are now the most numerous mammal on the planet. There are more humans than rats or mice. Humans have a huge ecological footprint, magnified by their technology.

Environmental, Humans, Mammals, Rats, Technology

So now the challenge is to imagine a different world where our wealth is in human relations and the things we do together, and we learn to live in balance with the rest of nature.

Challenges, Balance, Together, Live, World, Rest

Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist. '

Become, Differences, Order, Seeing, Thinking, Way

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

Learn, Secret, Secrets, Study, Taking, Tease

We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.

Access, Information, Opinion, Prejudice, Support

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.

Weather, Climate, Events, Droughts, Predicted, Line

Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.

Bad, Bags, Plastic, Unnecessary

It is not too late to take another path.

Late, Path, Take, Too Late

The fact of the matter is that today, stuff-selling mega-corporations have a huge influence on our daily lives. And because of the competitive nature of our global economy, these corporations are generally only concerned with one thing - the bottom line. That is, maximising profit, regardless of the social or environmental costs.

Concerned, Corporations, Economy, Environmental, Lives, Politics

More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.

Civilization, Global Warming, Climate Change, Turning, Time

Humanity is facing a challenge unlike any we've ever had to confront. We are in an unprecedented period of change.

Challenges, Humanity, Global Warming, Change, Confront

Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.

Including, Oil, Resource, Waste, Water

Canada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.

Environmental, Levels, Nation, Rising, Sea, Warming

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