# David Suzuki **Domain:** Environmental Science / Public Communication **Doc Type:** Person Node **Maturity:** Developing ## Definition **David Suzuki** writes on human-caused biodiversity loss and the responsibilities created by our capacity to recognize it. In a 2021 David Suzuki Foundation essay he treats extinction as a reason to change human behavior, not as a reason to abandon biological life. ## Relationships - **Authored:** [“We have to stop squandering our brief time on Earth”](https://davidsuzuki.org/story/we-have-to-stop-squandering-our-brief-time-on-earth/) (David Suzuki Foundation, 2021), which joins ecological harm to human awareness and responsibility. - **Analyzes:** [[wiki/Ecological Limits|Ecological Limits]] and the extinction consequences of human pressure on the biosphere. - **Article and collection routes:** [[articles/Climate Systems as Human Resilience Platforms|Climate Systems as Human Resilience Platforms]], [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]], and [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] are relevant corpus readings, not attributed positions of Suzuki. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “We’re the first species to have caused rapid extinction and to be aware of what we’re doing.” > **— David Suzuki**, *“We have to stop squandering our brief time on Earth,” 2021* [[reminders/Extinction/We Know We Are Causing Rapid Extinction by David Suzuki|We Know We Are Causing Rapid Extinction by David Suzuki]] > “We are the first species able to modify the physical, chemical and biological features of the planet on today’s scale.” > **— David Suzuki**, *Finding Solutions, “Climate Change Finally Taken Seriously,” Spring 2006, p. 12* [[reminders/Human Animality/One Species Can Remake the Planet by David Suzuki|One Species Can Remake the Planet by David Suzuki]]