David Suzuki - On Being Part of Nature
Published 2022-07-26
David Suzuki is a legendary environmental champion. As a geneticist, author, broadcaster and teacher, Suzuki has been interpreting and defending nature to viewers and audiences in Canada—and the world—for more than 40 years. He has written 52 books, including 15 for children, and his television show, The Nature of Things, is seen in more than 40 countries. In 2005, in a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation poll to determine the “greatest Canadian who ever lived,” he was ranked 5th, which made him the greatest living Canadian.
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This interview is part of The Green Interview, an archive of resources pertinent to an understanding of the future of life on earth and humanity’s roles and responsibilities in sustaining it. The archive was produced by the late Silver Donald Cameron and Chris Beckett during the 10 years before Cameron’s death in 2020. Through the efforts of family and friends and the generosity of private donors, The Green Interview has been made freely available to all who would find it of benefit. Its permanent home is with the Science, Environment and Economy Archives of Library and Archives Canada.
Books by Silver Donald Cameron: www.silverdonaldcameron.ca/writer/books/
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All Comments (14)
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What a wise man, for a very long time I've held a similar view that the green movement are terrible communicators .... Communications are an under appreciated form of art. Also, asking what we agree on, is an amazing place to start.... Forming a sacred agreement on which humanity needs to thrive on this planet is again deep wisdom....
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Thank you 🙏
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We are definitely on a crash course straight into the brick wall. Thank you David for sharing your wisdom.
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What a treasure...
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What's important to our 'leaders' is only power - not the biosphere.
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❤🙏🏾🙌🏾
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🟢I would like David Suzuki to tell us about the timeline of the important dates in the journey of the people of the First Nation of Canada, because at school the teacher does not tell us about that. It was a small, incomplete course in overflowing knowledge. 🟢J'aimerai que David Suzuki nous parle de la ligne du temps des dates importantes du cheminement des gens de la première nation du Canada, car à l'école l'enseignant ne nous pas parler de ca. C'était un petit cour en survole incomplet, en survole de connaissance.
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In say the Jurassic period and earlier the average CO2 level was an order of magnitude more in the atmosphere and the plants were huge,the animals were huge ,there was abundant water to support huge forests of magnificent trees and other plants. The largest flying animal ever was able to fly and make a living. The oil used today was once CO2 in the air for vast healthy habitats much healthier than today's. So the question is perhaps does the planet need more CO2 in the atmosphere so that bio and species diversity can thrive? If the answer is yes then a huge effort is needed to plant trees.Those trees will then regulate the water and air content cycles as they have forever, virtually. The trees have the ability to maximise those things which enhance life. Forests can be seen as engineering companies that create machines that sustain life and do not charge for their products.
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Only Hunter-Gatherers are "part of nature", and we "moderns" are not. Thus, alienation from nature is a major component of my definition of "population density stress", along with crowding stress, the man-made stressors filling the modern urban/suburban "built" environments, our loss of all the emotional/security/spiritual advantages of clan living in the natural environment, and the loss of the spiritual/emotional/health benefits of living IN nature. Stress R Us
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Rachel Parent suffers more.
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This guy talks a lot, and I totally agree with him BUT the man also has FIVE KIDS. kinda like preaching about how the air is so dirty, while driving a diesel 3500 series truck to take your dog to the park to go on a walk...
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It's interesting what folks like Suzuki, Pinkers, Noal Harari, Kurzweil etc are prophesizing as the incoming future. However they are all ignoring one vital aspect (as pointed by those experts who do not agree or see otherwise) - Is the biophysical limits imposed by nature. One planet finite possibilities.
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“Silverbacks & Grizzlies”…..copyright it….I love David Suzuki…all the way back to “the nature of things”…🫶🏾😮🔥
