David Suzuki Quotes

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• The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.

  David Suzuki

  Mother, Nature, Opportunity

  "Why land rights for indigenous peoples could be the answer to climate change" by Bruce Parry, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2016.

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• 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.

  David Suzuki

  Encouraging, Appreciation, Nature

  David Suzuki, Ian Hanington (2012). “Everything Under the Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet”, p.135, Greystone Books

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• Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.

  David Suzuki

  People, Humanity, Together

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• If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

  David Suzuki

  Air, Water, Positive Energy

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• How you imagine the world determines how you live in it.

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  Teaching, Learning, World

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• We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.

  David Suzuki

  Nature, Wall, Car

  "Green giants: the eco power list" by Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2011.

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• You are what you do, not what you say.

  David Suzuki

  Proactive, Word Of Mouth, Memories Dreams Reflections

  David Suzuki, Ian Hanington (2012). “Everything Under the Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet”, p.160, Greystone Books

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• 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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  Dying, Earth, Today

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

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  Environmental, Waste, Recycled

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• It is not too late to take another path.

  David Suzuki

  Too Late, Path, Late

  David Suzuki (2010). “The Legacy: An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future”, p.3, Greystone Books Ltd

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

  David Suzuki

  Air, Water, Important

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• There are some things in the world we can't change- gravity, entropy, the speed of light, and our biological nature that requires clean air, clean water, clean soil, clean energy and biodiversity for our health and well-being. Protecting the biosphere should be our highest priority or else we sicken and die. Other things, like capitalism, free enterprise, the economy, currency, the market, are not forces of nature, we invented them. They are not immutable and we can change them. It makes no sense to elevate economics above the biosphere.

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  Light, Air, Water

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• 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 contribution to generations yet to come. Our breath is a part of life's breath, the ocean of air that envelopes the earth.

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  Ocean, Air, Earth

  David Suzuki (2007). “The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, Updated and Expanded”, p.63, Greystone Books Ltd

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• We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous.

  David Suzuki

  Children, Dirty, Naughty

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• I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect. I see us as well as social creatures, and when I began to look back and say, ‘what is the fundamental bottom line for us as social creatures?’I couldn’t believe it because it seemed so hippy dippy, but it was Love. Love is the force that makes us fully human.

  David Suzuki

  Believe, Humility, Love Is

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• Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

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  Education, Positive Energy, Important

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• 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.

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  Ocean, Air, Years

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• If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases.

  David Suzuki

  Moving, Thinking, Needs

  David Suzuki, David Taylor (2009). “The Big Picture: Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet”, p.204, Greystone Books

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• 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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  Backyards, Parks, Next

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• 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.

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  Children, Priorities, Positive Energy

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• 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 or is deliberately lying. Nobody knows what the long-term effect will be.

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  Lying, Gmos, Long

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• The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.

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  Spiritual, Hopeful, Movement

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• Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.

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  Spiritual, Keys, People

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• Each of us now has 2.27 kg (5 lbs) of plastic embedded in our bodies.

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  Environmental, Body, Embedded

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• There is a gyre of discarded floating plastic the size of the continental USA in the ocean. In it, plastic trash outweighs plankton 40 to 1.

  David Suzuki

  Ocean, Usa, Environmental

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