# What We Do to the Environment We Do to Ourselves by David Suzuki > “We are the environment, whatever we do to the environment, we do directly to ourselves.” > **— David Suzuki**, *Living on Earth, David Suzuki interview, August 24, 2012* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and locator:** [Living on Earth, David Suzuki interview, August 24, 2012](https://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=12-P13-00034) — show transcript, Suzuki reply immediately after Curwood calls the environmental crisis a human crisis. - **Exact original excerpt:** “We are the environment, whatever we do to the environment, we do directly to ourselves.” - **Context and editing:** Suzuki explicitly rejects a division between people and a separate environment; he names air, water, food, and sunlight as the material basis of human life. The poster is a continuous sentence with no editorial insertion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/David Suzuki|David Suzuki]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/David Suzuki|David Suzuki]] - [[wiki/Human Animality|Human Animality]] - [[wiki/Ecology|Ecology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We are the environment, whatever we do to the environment, we do directly to ourselves.” — David Suzuki, Living on Earth, David Suzuki interview, August 24, 2012 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-david-suzuki-environment-ourselves ```