David Suzuki

At my graduation ceremony I had the opportunity to listen to David Suzuki speak just the other day. What an experience, I'm telling you. Before his speech, to me he was simply just another public figure. My father even recommended I ask him to sign my degree afterwards, but I told him "he's just a man". Now even though I don't really believe in putting certain people on a pedestal (this would imply the rest of us are "below"), he had some interesting points.

Mr. Suzuki spoke of perceptions and how these perceptions determine how we view ourselves and the world we live in. He linked this to our increased value we all place on material wealth over the earth's well being in general. I remember an example he gave, by saying some government official mentioning how he'll try and address the world health concerns, but emphasized how nothing can be done to alter our fragile economy.

The economy is killing our planet one dollar at a time, and while almost everybody will accept this (although not publicly), David Suzuki suggested something astonishingly simply: "if it isn't working, throw it out and stick something in there that will work". What a concept, do you ever remember anybody ever saying: if it isn't broke don't fix it... well what about the economy?