Dr. David Suzuki (aka D.S)

So I finally got to see Dr. David Suzuki speak! At a small bookstore in New West I randomly happened to notice that he was speaking at a high school in South Surrey as part of his legacy tour. The tickets were $35 each and that included a copy of his book which retailed for $25. So all in all, $10 to go see such a well-respected (and well hated) and amazing public speaker.

I love David Suzuki because:

1. He is uncompromising in his beliefs. He has been challenged for this, and called impractical. But his focus is to speak on behalf of the environment. He does not argue for the economy or for single parents. He doesn't focus on the education system. He only cares about the environment.

2. He was singing this song long before anyone else. Okay, there were some who raised the alarm way back in the day. But he was one of the first mainstream environmentalists out there. Now it's all trendy. He was doing it before it was cool.

3. He is cute enough to put in your pocket. What I wouldn't do for a David Suzuki garden gnome!!! But my only complaint is that he stopped wearing the tinted square glasses from the 70s.

4. He chills with Wade Davis. What I wouldn't give to be the Moe to their Larry and Curly!

I don't agree with everything he says. But almost everything. I understand that what he is a proponent of is unrealistic. But the truth is that soon it will become a reality!

If we don't choose environment first, no matter what detriment it causes the economy, we won't have the choice to take action. Mother Nature will force us to cull our population, consume less and stop raping her for her resources.

I'm proud David Suzuki is Canadian. I'm proud he lives in Vancouver. And I'm glad he speaks so eloquently for a cause I believe in.