David Suzuki Quotes - Page 2

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

  David Suzuki

  Fundamentals, Environment, Members

  David Suzuki (2007). “The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, Updated and Expanded”, p.6, Greystone Books Ltd

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

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  Oil, Water, Waste

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• 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.

  David Suzuki

  Ignorance, Thinking, Ideas

  David Suzuki, Ian Hanington (2012). “Everything Under the Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet”, p.53, Greystone Books

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• Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary.

  David Suzuki

  People, Bags, Incentives

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• Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess.

  David Suzuki

  Understanding, Innovation, Growth

  David Suzuki, Ian Hanington (2017). “Just Cool It!: The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do - A Post-Paris Agreement Game Plan”, p.70, Greystone Books Ltd

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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.

  David Suzuki

  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.

  David Suzuki

  Spiritual, Hopeful, Movement

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• My Prime Minister regards the economy as our highest priority and forgets that economics and ecology are derived from the same Greek word, oikos, meaning household or domain. Ecology is the study of home, while economics is its management. Ecologists try to define the conditions and principles that enable a species to survive and flourish. Yet in elevating the economy above those principles, we seem to think we are immune to the laws of nature. We have to put the ‘eco’ back into economics.

  David Suzuki

  Home, Thinking, Law

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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.

  David Suzuki

  Backyards, Parks, Next

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• Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.

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  Energy, Climate, Cost

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• Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. Economics is so fundamentally disconnected from the real world, it is destructive.

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  Real, Brain, World

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• Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.

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  God, Spiritual, Time

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• 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.

  David Suzuki

  Life, Strong, Thinking

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• One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

  David Suzuki

  Children, Eye, Grandparent

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• The fact of the matter is that today, stuff-selling mega-corporations have a huge influence on our daily lives. And because of the competitive nature of our global economy, these corporations are generally only concerned with one thing - the bottom line. That is, maximising profit, regardless of the social or environmental costs.

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  Environmental, Cost, Lines

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• 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.

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  Impact, Too Late, Warning

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

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  Agreement, Organization, Citizens

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• 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?

  David Suzuki

  Kyoto, Giving, India

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

  David Suzuki

  Support, Prejudice, Information

  "What a difference 50 years makes", davidsuzuki.org, June 27, 2008.

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

  David Suzuki

  Important, Groups, Permaculture

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• Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.

  David Suzuki

  Lying, Stupid, Gmos

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• 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.

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  Challenges, Balance, Together

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

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  Moving, Identity, World

  David Suzuki (2007). “The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, Updated and Expanded”, p.263, Greystone Books Ltd

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• Our beliefs, our values shape the way we look out at the world and the way we treat it. If we believe that we were here, placed here by God, that this - all of this creation is for us, it's for us to go and occupy, dominate and exploit, then we will proceed to do that.

  David Suzuki

  Believe, Looks, World

  "David Suzuki on Rio+20, “Green Economy” & Why Planet’s Survival Requires Undoing Its Economic Model". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. June 25, 2012.

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• Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.

  David Suzuki

  Brain, Damage, Economics

  "David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin form an unlikely alliance" by Monique Beaudin, montrealgazette.com. November 4, 2012.

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