When the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) asked their viewers to rate their greatest citizens, David Suzuki came in fifth. But that's not a bad placement, the people preceding him were all dead. This very much alive award-winning scientist, environmentalist, broadcaster, and author works hard to sustain, not only his own, but all life on our planet. He’s been awarded 22 honorary degrees for his work of popularizing science and environmental issues.Suzuki served as a full Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 1969 until his retirement in 2001. He is professor emeritus at UBC's Sustainable Development Research Institute. His broadcasting career includes Suzuki on Science, Science Magazine, The Nature of Things, A Planet for the Taking, the critically acclaimed PBS series The Secret of Life, and the Discovery Channel series The Brain: The Universe Within. He’s also written more than forty books.
In 1990, he founded the David Suzuki Foundation with his wife, Dr. Tara Cullis. Through this non-profit, they champion sustainably and uses science and education to promote solutions that help conserve nature. According to Time Magazine, “Suzuki has become one of the crucial hubs in the cultural ecology of our strained earth. Biologists talk about keystone species essential for the proper function of an ecosystem; Suzuki is a keystone guy.”
Please join us on April 18 to hear this remarkable man read from his latest book: The Big Picture.
For a preview of the treat you’re in for, watch these interviews of David Suzuki on YouTube and Google Video. To read some of his latest articles, please visit the Science Matters archive.
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