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This is suicidal... our home is the biosphere. That's a very thin layer of air, water and land where all life exists. It's fixed, it can't grow, and yet we cling to this idea that the economy can grow forever. And it must. Well, it can't.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Air Cling Economy Exists Fixed Forever Grow Home Idea Land Layer Life Must Our Suicidal Thin Very Water Well Where

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Geothermal can be a huge source of energy very quickly.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Energy Huge Quickly Source Very

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Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show an alternative to nukes and fossil fuels, then they will be the poster boy for the renewable energy for the future.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Alternative Boy Economic Economic Growth Energy Fossil Fossil Fuels Fuels Future Growth Japan Key Lie Model Our Poster Really Renewable Renewable Energy Show Then Will

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Although it's the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced. Our immigration policy is disgusting: We plunder southern countries by depriving them of future leaders, and we want to increase our population to support economic growth.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Although Area Been Countries Country Depriving Disgusting Economic Economic Growth Future Growth Immigration Immigration Policy Increase Largest Leaders Our Plunder Policy Population Reduced Second Southern Support Them Useful Want World

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Scientists generally are really chicken about getting involved in some kind of dispute. As a broadcaster, I find it very difficult to urge them, if it is a controversial subject. They don't want to have science being portrayed badly.

~David Suzuki

Topics: About Badly Being Broadcaster Chicken Controversial Difficult Dispute Find Generally Getting Involved Kind Portrayed Really Science Scientists Some Subject Them Urge Very Want

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Corporations are economic entities or structures, and yet they're allowed to fund political candidates, and when those candidates are elected, guess who gets in the door first? It's corporations.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Allowed Candidates Corporations Door Economic Elected Entities First Fund Gets Guess Political Structures Those Who

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The whole sector of public dialogue has been totally contaminated, deliberately, by the corporate sector. The whole purpose is to sow confusion and doubt, and it's worked.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Been Confusion Corporate Deliberately Dialogue Doubt Public Purpose Sector Sow Totally Whole Worked

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We pride ourselves on our democratic traditions, but in Canada, women couldn't vote until 1918, Asians until 1948, and First Nations people living on reserves until 1960.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Asians Canada Democratic First Living Nations Our Ourselves People Pride Reserves Traditions Until Vote Women

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My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family's possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C. Interior, just because my grandparents were from Japan.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Because Camp Childhood Childhood Memories Family Government Grandparents Include Interior Japan Just Just Because Memories Possessions Time Us Were

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Too often, governments are quick to use excessive force and even pervert the course of justice to keep oil and gas flowing, forests logged, wild rivers dammed and minerals extracted. As the Global Witness study reveals, citizens are often killed, too - especially if they're poor and indigenous.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Citizens Course Even Excessive Flowing Force Forests Gas Global Governments Indigenous Justice Keep Minerals Often Oil Poor Quick Reveals Rivers Study Too Use Wild Witness

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Scientist

Born: March 24th, 1936

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