David Suzuki

David Suzuki

David Suzuki is Canada¹s famous science broadcaster.

He also carries a global reputation as a geneticist, professor, public lecturer, environmental and civil rights activist. The dozens of TV and radio series and specials that Suzuki has hosted strike a balance between education and entertainment.

He is best known as the long-time moderator of the highly successful CBC TV science magazineshow, “The Nature of Things”, that airs in more than 40 nations. His 1985 series, "A Planet for the Taking" averaged 1.8 million viewers.

He is so popular that Canadian women choose him in a poll as a potential buddy, if they should strand at a desert island.

David Suzuki Photo: Archiv

Suzuki, one of Canada's best-known and respected environmentalists

David has received numerous awards for his work, including a UNESCO prize for science, a United Nations Environment Program medal and the Order of Canada. He has 18 honorary doctorates from universities in Canada, the US and Australia. For his work in support of Canada's First Nations people, David has received many tributes and has been honoured with five names and formal adoption by two tribes.

David Suzuki was born in Vancouver, BC in 1936. During World War II, at the age of six, he was interned with his family in a camp in BC. After the war, he went to high school in London, Ontario.
He graduated with Honours from Amherst College in 1958 and went on to earn his PhD in Zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961.

The author of 42 books, David Suzuki is recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. He lives with his wife, Dr. Tara Cullis, and his two daughters in Vancouver.

Make a choice to help protect nature and improve your quality of life.

Suzuki, one of Canada's best-known environmentalists, was in Halifax Thursday as part a cross-country tour he is undertaking, asking people what they would do about the environment if they were prime minister for the day.

"I would say that we are in a state of crisis, that it's the equivalent of 100 Pearl Harbours going off at once in the environment," he said.

Suzuki asked why Canada doesn't reconsider its spending priorities.
"We don't hesitate to spend $16 billion a year on defence. What is the likelihood that we will go to war or have hostility directed against us? A heck of a lot less than the 90 per cent certainty that humans are causing climate change right now."
Rather than aim for cuts of five or 10 per cent in greenhouse gas emissions, he challenged the Conservatives to aim for 60 or 70 per cent cuts by 2050.
But Suzuki also said the report is a rallying call to ordinary citizens to make simple lifestyle changes that could curb the global warming threat.

He encourages everyone:
Make a conscious choice to help protect nature and improve your quality of life. Choose what works for you and stick with it!

1.Reduce home energy use by 10%
2.Choose an energy-efficient home and appliances
3.Don’t use pesticides
4.Eat meat-free meals one day a week
5.Buy locally grown and produced food
6.Choose a fuel efficient vehicle
7.Walk, bike carpool or take transit
8.Choose a home close to work or school
9.Support alternative transportation
10.Learn more and share with others

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