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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.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Because Birds Climate Communities Conditions Gardens Important Increasingly Indigenous Insects Live Local Millions Millions Of Years Native Our Over Planting Rely Soil Sometimes Species Them Thousands Wildlife Years

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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.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Blame Children Connecting Dangerous Dirty Facebook Fact In Fact Mud Nature Occupying Often Our Playing Priority Put Rather Society Tell Than Them Themselves Too

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Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Also Becoming Continue Conventional Depleted Difficult Energy Extraction Finite Fossil Fossil Fuels Fuel Fuels Invested Just Lost Opportunity Our Out Put Renewable Renewable Energy Resources Run Sources Those Will

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My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Been Better Bred Brought Depression Does Else Extravagance Great Great Depression Greedy Hard Important Knowing Life Live Make Me Means Money More Necessities Out Parents Save Share Some Survived Than Tomorrow Up Within Work Work Hard You Dna

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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

Topics: About Combined Created Growth How Innovation Lack Mess Natural Our Part Population Population Growth Rapid Systems Technological Understanding Which Work

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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.

~David Suzuki

Topics: About Been Decades Global Global Warming Impacts Late Lessen Now Scientists Severity Stop Too Too Late Warming Warning

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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.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Among Associated Benefits Care Care Costs Change Climate Climate Change Combat Costs Doing Economy Energy Health Health Care Health Care Costs Measures Numerous Other Pollution Reducing Renewable Renewable Energy Shifting Strengthening

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

~David Suzuki

Topics: Access Adequate Billion Clean Clean Water Lack More People Than Water

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Canada should always open its doors to those who are oppressed or in cases of emergency. When Canada offered refuge to 50,000 boat people in Vietnam in the 1970s, I was particularly proud to be Canadian.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Always Boat Canada Canadian Cases Doors Emergency Offered Open Oppressed Particularly People Proud Refuge Should Those Vietnam Who 1970S

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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

Topics: Beliefs Believe Creation Dominate Exploit Go God Here Look Occupy Our Out Placed Proceed Shape Then Treat Us Values Way Were Will World

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Scientist

Born: March 24th, 1936

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