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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Any Bags Billion Efficient Efficiently Environmentally Finding Finite Friendly Hope Learn Live Neither Nor Our People Planet Plastic Resources Seven Use Ways Well

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Environmentalism has failed.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Environmentalism Failed

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I read in 'Life' magazine that Asians had developed an operation to enlarge eyes, and I yearned to have this done. I wanted to dye my hair brown and to anglicize my name. Self-hate was the most terrible cost of the war years for me.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Asians Brown Cost Developed Done Dye Eyes Had Hair Life Magazine Me Most Name Operation Read Terrible Wanted War Years

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Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply wants to get those plants up and running again.

~David Suzuki

Topics: After Again Cut Energy Get Government Huge Immediately Instead Japanese Japanese People Opportunity People Percent Plants Running Simply Those Up Use Wants

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Exxon, one of the companies that has spent tens of millions of dollars denying climate change, denying any responsibility to deal with, taking government subsidies on a massive scale, now their ads are all about, 'Oh, we want a clean future. We're looking at clean energy and all that stuff.'

~David Suzuki

Topics: About Ads Any Change Clean Clean Energy Climate Climate Change Companies Deal Denying Dollars Energy Future Government Looking Massive Millions Millions Of Dollars Now Oh Responsibility Scale Spent Stuff Subsidies Taking Tens Tens Of Millions Want

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The true - the true economy has got to come back into balance with the very biosphere that sustains us. And I think a lot of people just see the green economy as a different way of allowing the corporate agenda to continue to flourish.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Agenda Allowing Back Balance Come Continue Corporate Different Different Way Economy Flourish Got Green Just Lot People See Sustains Think True Us Very Way I Think

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

~David Suzuki

Topics: Birds Gas Hydrogen Sensitive Sour Super

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We are over 60 percent water by weight. We're just a big ball of... blob of water, with enough organic thickener added so we don't dribble away on the floor.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Added Away Ball Big Dribble Enough Floor Just Organic Over Percent Water Weight

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People don't even understand that every bit of our food was once alive. We take another creature, plant, animal, microorganism, tear it apart in our mouths. And incorporate those molecules into our own bodies. We are the Earth in the most profound way.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Alive Animal Another Apart Bit Bodies Creature Earth Even Every Food Incorporate Molecules Most Mouths Once Our Own People Plant Profound Take Tear Those Understand Way

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Do you know how much land is under ice, rock and snow? Do you know why 90 percent of us live within 100 kilometres of the U.S. border? We have this idea we're a vast country. But the reality is that a lot of it, a huge amount, is uninhabitable.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Amount Border Country Do You Know How How Much Huge Huge Amount Ice Idea Know Land Live Lot Much Percent Reality Rock Snow Us Vast Why Within You

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Scientist

Born: March 24th, 1936

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