David Suzuki Quotes

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

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, that if the economy is strong we can afford garbage collection and sewage disposal and fresh food and water and electricity. We go through life thinking that money is the key to having whatever we want, without regard to what it does to the rest of the world.

The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive.

Economics and a reliance on science and technology to solve our problems has led to an unsustainable situation where continued growth in consumption is required for governments and business to be considered successful. This is a form of insanity. Economics is at the heart of our destructive ways and our faith in it has blinded us

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

We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.

We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planet’s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble?

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

Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.