Quotes from David Suzuki

My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip.

The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.

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.

Think about a seed. Once it lands, it's stuck. It can't move to find better soil, moisture or sunlight. It's able to create every part of itself to grow and reproduce with the help of air, water and sun.

Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.

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?

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

Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.

Many countries - as well as cities, states and provinces - are taking global warming seriously and are working to reduce emissions and shift to cleaner energy sources.

Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and a global economy are altering the chemical, geological, and biological properties of the biosphere.

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.

Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

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.

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.

The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home.

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

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

I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

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

The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.

Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply wants to get those plants up and running again.