David Suzuki Quotes
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Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.
— David Suzuki
Humanity is facing a challenge unlike any we've ever had to confront. We are in an unprecedented period of change.
— David Suzuki
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
Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.
— David Suzuki
But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.
— David Suzuki
Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.
— David Suzuki
Corporations are not people. They shouldn't be funding. They shouldn't be funding campaigns at all.
— David Suzuki
We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.
— David Suzuki
It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.
— David Suzuki
We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets.
— David Suzuki
A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.
— David Suzuki
We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.
— David Suzuki
Our identity includes our natural world, how we move through it, how we interact with it and how it sustains us.
— David Suzuki
Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change; together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony.
— David Suzuki
It is not too late to take another path.
— David Suzuki
A baby nursing at a mother's breast ... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature.
— David Suzuki
Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.
— David Suzuki
I fell in love with the elegance and precision of genetic analysis and experimentation to answer profound biological questions.
— David Suzuki
Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.
— David Suzuki
Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.
— David Suzuki
Canada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.
— David Suzuki
Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.
— David Suzuki
Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that.
— David Suzuki
We all live downstream
— David Suzuki
The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.
— David Suzuki
The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.
— David Suzuki
Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.
— David Suzuki
Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. Economics is so fundamentally disconnected from the real world, it is destructive.
— David Suzuki
I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.
— David Suzuki
Geothermal can be a huge source of energy very quickly.
— David Suzuki
Environmentalism has failed.
— David Suzuki
Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.
— David Suzuki
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
— David Suzuki
Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.
— David Suzuki
What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.
— David Suzuki
Being an environmentalist isn't all about doom and gloom.
— David Suzuki
When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.
— David Suzuki
Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.
— David Suzuki
Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.
— David Suzuki
What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?
— David Suzuki
We have become a force of nature.
— David Suzuki
Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.
— David Suzuki
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.
— David Suzuki
Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine,
— David Suzuki
In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.
— David Suzuki
How you imagine the world determines how you live in it.
— David Suzuki