David Suzuki Quotes

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.

As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside.

Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

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

But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.

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.

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

If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve.

And that, quite simply, is the issue. We live in a finite world with finite resources. Although it may sometimes seem quite big, earth is really very small - a tiny blue and green oasis of life in a cold universe.

What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.

We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.

Come on Canada, it's time to kick our bad habits and get into shape!

If all humans disappeared today ,the earth would start improving tomorrow.If all the ants disappeared today ,the earth would start dying tomorrow.

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

Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.

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

If we continue to set human borders and the economy as our highest priorities, we will never come to grips with the destructiveness of our activities and institutions.

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

I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away. How do they do it?

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

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.

You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.

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

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 own ignorance.

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.

The terrible part of this looming catastrophe is that people have been working on solutions for years and have developed concrete steps to massively reduce our energy use, while stimulating whole new industries and technologies that are more efficient and affordable.

Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.

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

We have altered the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. We have left no part of the globe untouched.

We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control.

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

We have become a force of nature.

The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage - curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called 'the future.'

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity, salt imbalance, and allergies.

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.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

Our identity includes our natural world, how we move through it, how we interact with it and how it sustains us.

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.

Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands, and sometimes millions, of years they have co-evolved to live in local climate and soil conditions.

If Canada, one of the richest nations in the world, can't meet Kyoto targets, why should China or India give any considerations for meeting the targets?

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.

The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced.

The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.

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

Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine.

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.