Beyond Climate (full film) featuring David Suzuki
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Published 2020-02-20
Dr. David Suzuki - renowned scientist, broadcaster and environmentalist - helps guide the journey as the narrator of the film. But, David is more than just narrator, he’s a long-term resident of BC, having lived most of his life in Vancouver, and this film is part of his enduring legacy. Now, in his 80s, Suzuki reflects back on his life, how his home province is changing, and offers his personal perspectives on the environment, economy, and opportunity to navigate our complex future if we “pull back and give nature a chance.”
Addressing many of the pressing issues facing BC - from pipelines, liquefied natural gas, salmon, and Indigenous rights - the film is a timely contribution to the province and country as we grapple with climate change, the paramount issue of our time.
All Comments (21)
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"If you really think the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money" - Sindre Kolbjornsgard
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Brilliantly done, albeit sobering. Cheers to Suzuki. He is a treasure.
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I would love to see a perspective on climate that does not put humanity at the apex of existence. Always it is about the infinite continuation of humanity, and zero concern about other life forms. Perhaps this is why they say "you can't solve a problem with the same thinking that created it in the first place".
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Beautifully done, and soberly told. First time I watch a realistic and science-based documentary on climate change that leaves me with a bit of optimism that hope is not completely lost yet. Go Canada!
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I real gem of a film. I got here after following the feed after watching a David Suzuki video, so in other words I wasn't looking for it, but all the same, I am surprised at how few views the film has had on this channel.
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Everyone's talking about how beautiful the documentary was, but I wanna know who else was brought here because of school
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Inspiring, beautiful, thought provoking. - Must watch.
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Thanks for your precious Film.
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Our entire way of thinking must change, about how we think and deal with all of the world around us. From how we do things on a day to day bases. To how we grow crops, raise animals, source our water. Deal with our waste. It is possible to live a good comfortable life and be regenerative in our approach to the ecosystem. We don’t have a choice. Period! If we continue as we have not only will the earth suffer but people will as well.
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it's a sad state when only 20,000 people view this film.
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One and only 16,000 views. So sad, I do not share Dr Suzuki’s optimism for our future.
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So much great stuff. Suzuki loves The Beatles (not so many lodgepole pine beatles). Nice words at T=45:30: "..Nature has all kinds of surprises for us. The challenge for humanity is to pull back, and give nature a chance" {sounds like, give peace a chance, ha, maybe just coincidence}. Also, Sadhu Johnston, city manager, Vancouver: T=37:06 "You know, our role as a city is to make it easy for people, to make it easy for them to put that organic material in the green bin, instead of in the garbage, to make it easy for them and safe for them to get around on a bike, or to get things in proximity so they can walk places, so instead of prioritizing the car as we design our communities, we prioritize the pedestrian, that's the #1 priority and we try to design around that. And so, kinda turning on out heads the way that we invest in the infrastructure for mobility in our neighborhoods. We're demonstrating that you can build green buildings, and if people want to be in them that you can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing buildings with a really aggressive green building strategy that we've adopted for carbon." Particularly like, "so instead of prioritizing the car as we design our communities, we prioritize the pedestrian".
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Climb it today. Don't wait.
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Ty, David. I admire your work.
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oh man, if only your neighbors to the south could do as well, Vancouver....I live in Seattle. America's got a huge paradigm shift to undertake to even get close to what Canada's doing.
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my social studies teacher made us watch this, anyone else?
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Thank you so much for you awareness and love for our world. Hiy hiy! mee gwitch!
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it would be my most needful thing to complete my circle of understanding to visit Haida Gwaii.
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If we all ate just one fish a day, that would mean 8 billion less fish in the world every single day. Puts things in perspective.
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Its nice to see Mr. Suziki describe other ppls denial after calling geoengineerimg "chemtrailz, that's your thing" when given critical imformation about geoeugineered drought and heating.
