David Suzuki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

David Suzuki

Canadian popular scientist and environmental activist

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1936

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Profession: writer, zoologist, biologist, environmentalist, science writer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About David Suzuki

  • David Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist.
  • Suzuki earned a Ph.D.
  • in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001.
  • Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment.
  • He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things, seen in over 40 countries.
  • He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment. A longtime activist to reverse global climate change, Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990, to work "to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that does sustain us".
  • The Foundation's priorities are: oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and Suzuki's Nature Challenge.
  • The Foundation also works on ways to help protect the oceans from large oil spills such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Suzuki has also served as a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association from 1982 to 1987. Suzuki was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2009.
  • His 2011 book, The Legacy, won the Nautilus Book Award.
  • He is a Companion of the Order of Canada.
  • In 2004, David Suzuki ranked fifth on the list of final nominees in a CBC Television series that asked viewers to select The Greatest Canadian of all time.

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