David Suzuki Quotes

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• 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…
• We can no longer tolerate what's going on in Ottawa and Edmonton. What I would challenge you to do is to put a lot of…
• Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are…
• On December 7, 1941, an event took place that had nothing to do with me or my family and yet which had devastating consequences for…
• We no longer see the world as a single entity. We've moved to cities and we think the economy is what gives us our life,…
• More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.
• We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate change seriously, we referred to…
• 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…
• So we draw lines around our property, our counties, our cities, our states, our countries. And, boy, do we act as if those lines are…
• We all live downstream
• Salmon farming-the placement of large metal or mesh net cages in the ocean to grow fish-was pioneered in Norway in the 1960s. Since then, the…
• Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.
• How do commercial interests usually protect themselves from liability claims? Through insurance. In fact, in our society, the litmus test for safety is insurance. You…
• Many organic practices simply make sense, regardless of what overall agricultural system is used. Far from being a quaint throwback to an earlier time, organic…
• The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
• Any scientist who tells you they know that GMOs are safe and not to worry about it, is either ignorant of the history of science…
• My Prime Minister regards the economy as our highest priority and forgets that economics and ecology are derived from the same Greek word, oikos, meaning…
• If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our…
• Every breath is a sacrament, an affirmation of our connection with all other living things, a renewal of our link with our ancestors and a…
• If all humans disappeared today ,the earth would start improving tomorrow.If all the ants disappeared today ,the earth would start dying tomorrow.

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