David Suzuki

I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away. How do they do it? ”

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations. ”

The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a future, we're the only animal that realized we can affect the future by what we do today. ”

If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history. ”

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

It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking. ”

Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere. ”

Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.' ”

People don't even understand that every bit of our food was once alive. We take another creature, plant, animal, microorganism, tear it apart in our mouths. And incorporate those molecules into our own bodies. We are the Earth in the most profound way. ”

Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle. ”