Biography- Environmental activist, Radio and Television host - David Suzuki .
“We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.” - David Suzuki
David Suzuki is an environmental activist who was born on March twenty-fourth 1936 and attended Amherst college in Massachusetts. In 1958, he received a bachelor of arts while then continuing on his path of education and attended University of Chicago, where he graduated with a doctorate in zoology in 1961. This lead to him becoming a geneticist, which later lead to him becoming a broadcaster and environmental activist.
David Suzuki’s reputation and fame comes from his numerous scientific broadcasting shows and television shows. The first of these shows that got Suzuki recognized the most was the CBC program- Science Magazine from 1974-1979. Then, later on that year they launched his award winning series- “The Nature of Things” which is what Suzuki is famous for and gained him the world’s attention. The real ‘game changer’ for Suzuki himself and got others more invested in the current state of affairs of the world was a 1989 special called “It’s a Matter of Survival”. This special gave people a rude awakening to the dire state that the world could be heading, which was Suzuki’s first step in becoming the large voice for the environment. Suzuki also created the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990 with the ultimate goal of protecting all aspects of life and the environment that surrounds us with their first and foremost priority: to protect the environment.
All early projects of the Suzuki foundation are international as to help everywhere they can. Worldwide, for instance, they helped Japan protect their salmon population as well as in Vancouver Island and helping the people there re-establish their clam fisheries to a healthy size again. The Environmental groups grasp has also reached into the government's minds, helping them create parts of the National Sustainable Development Act (Bill C-474) and the B.C. government’s comprehensive Climate Action Plan (including a carbon tax ).
Suzuki’s scientific background and his foresight into the environment's future lead to him becoming the strongest and one of the most well known activists for environmental protection of the Earth and has won numerous awards due to his scientific knowledge and participation, such as being inducted into the Royal Society of Canada in 1976 as well as being ranked 5th in the “Top Ten Greatest Canadians”. In 2007 he received the international Human rights award by “Global Exchange” because they wanted to raise awareness and support Suzuki’s plan on making the world a “greener” place. Finally, his largest award is the 2009 Right Livelihood Award, which is essentially the Nobel Prize for environmentalists; it is awarded to a person who has frequently found practical solutions to combat global problems.
Since 2013, Suzuki’s speech about environmentalism have been few and far between, partly due to his age ( now 81 ). Yet Suzuki is still active behind the scenes helping Canada make carbon tax cuts, the phasing-out of coal nationwide, and helping Canada confirm their signature at the 2016 Paris meeting that heavily addressed the global warming crisis.
David Suzuki is an environmental activist who was born on March twenty-fourth 1936 and attended Amherst college in Massachusetts. In 1958, he received a bachelor of arts while then continuing on his path of education and attended University of Chicago, where he graduated with a doctorate in zoology in 1961. This lead to him becoming a geneticist, which later lead to him becoming a broadcaster and environmental activist.
David Suzuki’s reputation and fame comes from his numerous scientific broadcasting shows and television shows. The first of these shows that got Suzuki recognized the most was the CBC program- Science Magazine from 1974-1979. Then, later on that year they launched his award winning series- “The Nature of Things” which is what Suzuki is famous for and gained him the world’s attention. The real ‘game changer’ for Suzuki himself and got others more invested in the current state of affairs of the world was a 1989 special called “It’s a Matter of Survival”. This special gave people a rude awakening to the dire state that the world could be heading, which was Suzuki’s first step in becoming the large voice for the environment. Suzuki also created the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990 with the ultimate goal of protecting all aspects of life and the environment that surrounds us with their first and foremost priority: to protect the environment.
All early projects of the Suzuki foundation are international as to help everywhere they can. Worldwide, for instance, they helped Japan protect their salmon population as well as in Vancouver Island and helping the people there re-establish their clam fisheries to a healthy size again. The Environmental groups grasp has also reached into the government's minds, helping them create parts of the National Sustainable Development Act (Bill C-474) and the B.C. government’s comprehensive Climate Action Plan (including a carbon tax ).
Suzuki’s scientific background and his foresight into the environment's future lead to him becoming the strongest and one of the most well known activists for environmental protection of the Earth and has won numerous awards due to his scientific knowledge and participation, such as being inducted into the Royal Society of Canada in 1976 as well as being ranked 5th in the “Top Ten Greatest Canadians”. In 2007 he received the international Human rights award by “Global Exchange” because they wanted to raise awareness and support Suzuki’s plan on making the world a “greener” place. Finally, his largest award is the 2009 Right Livelihood Award, which is essentially the Nobel Prize for environmentalists; it is awarded to a person who has frequently found practical solutions to combat global problems.
Since 2013, Suzuki’s speech about environmentalism have been few and far between, partly due to his age ( now 81 ). Yet Suzuki is still active behind the scenes helping Canada make carbon tax cuts, the phasing-out of coal nationwide, and helping Canada confirm their signature at the 2016 Paris meeting that heavily addressed the global warming crisis.
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