David Suzuki Quotes

Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and harm human health.

For the first time since life appeared on earth, one species- us- is single-handedly altering the physical, chemical and biological nature of earth. We have become a force of nature

In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.

Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.

Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine.

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?

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

Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that.

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

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

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

From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change.

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

Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.

We have become a force of nature.

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

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.

What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?

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

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

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.

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

Perhaps the whole world is actually a banquet, to which every living thing is invited. First you come as guests: then eventually you're on the menu.

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

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.

More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.

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

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.

Although they [light and medium trucks] have only 5% of the transportation market..., they account for fully 35% of greenhouse gas emissions from freight transportation.

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.

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

With an estimated population of nine billion people by 2050, we cannot continue to consume resources at the same rate and maintain our quality of life.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change; together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony.

Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

Love is the force that makes us fully human.

Canada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.

The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive.

We all live downstream

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

We needn't be saddened with the impossible weight of managing the entire biosphere, but we must meet the challenge of living in balance with the sacred elements.

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