David Suzuki Quotes - Page 5

Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.

But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.

The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage - curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called 'the future.'

Canada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.

Come on Canada, it's time to kick our bad habits and get into shape!

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.

Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change; together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony.

Think about a seed. Once it lands, it's stuck. It can't move to find better soil, moisture or sunlight. It's able to create every part of itself to grow and reproduce with the help of air, water and sun.

Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Humanity is facing a challenge unlike any we've ever had to confront. We are in an unprecedented period of change.

The terrible part of this looming catastrophe is that people have been working on solutions for years and have developed concrete steps to massively reduce our energy use, while stimulating whole new industries and technologies that are more efficient and affordable.

As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside.

Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve.

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.

What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?

Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are causing it. Widely known as climate change "skeptics" or "deniers," these individuals are generally not climate scientists and do not debate the science with the climate scientists.

I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect.

We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control.

Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.

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.

Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

Less than 10% of the fuel energy burned in automobiles is translated into forward motion of the vehicle and even then most of this energy is needed to move the vehicle itself, which typically weighs 20 times more than its passengers.

We can no longer tolerate what's going on in Ottawa and Edmonton. What I would challenge you to do is to put a lot of effort into trying to see whether there's a legal way of throwing our so-called leaders into jail because what they're doing is a criminal act.