David Suzuki

The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases. ”

My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family's possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C. Interior, just because my grandparents were from Japan. ”

I always felt that if someone shot me, it would be great for the environmental movement, because they would make me a martyr. Our biggest fear was our children, because there was a tremendous amount of threat and intimidation, and my wife was terrified that the children might be grabbed or assaulted in some way. That was the real fear. ”

My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip. ”

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

Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things. ”

We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets. ”

All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident. ”

We emerged out of nature, and when we die, we return to nature. We need to know there are forces impinging on us that we will never understand or control. We need to have sacred places where we go with respect, not just looking for resources or opportunity. ”

Although it's difficult, if not impossible, to put a dollar value on the numerous services nature provides, leaving them out of economic calculations means they are often ignored. ”