David Suzuki

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David Suzuki was born on March 24, 1936 in Vancouver, BC. He had a twin sister named Marcia, as well as other siblings named Gerdaine (now known as Aiko), and Dawn. They and David were born from their parents Setsu Nakumara and Kaoru Carr Suzuki. When David was six, his family suffered internment during WWII, in 1942. In June his family went to the camp the British Colombia Interior Plains had. Two months earlier his father went to a labour camp in Solsqua. His sister Dawn was born there. After the war, like most Japanese-Canadian families, the family was forced to move to the Rockies. The Suzukis moved to Islington, Leamington, and London, Ontario. His father sensitized him to nature.

David Suzuki (I made it myself.)

In London, he went to school in London (Ontario) Central Secondary School and eventually got elected Student’s Council President in Grade 13, his last year in that school. He won by more votes than all of the other candidates combined. He got his BA at the Amherst College in 1958. He also got his Ph.D in zoology at the University of Chicago in 1961. He studied genetics in his research career. Using the Drosophila temperature-sensitive phenotypes (DTS), he found new genes. To be able to put his initials on his newly discovered genes, he used the DTS. With his successful studies he became a professor in genetics at the University of British Colombia. He worked there for almost 40 years!! He got hired in 1963 and retired in 2001.

David Suzuki (www.wikipedia.org)

In 1970 David began his broadcasting career with the weekly show Suzuki on Science, a children’s show. In 1974, he released the radio programme Quirks and Quarks which also was aired on CBC Radio One from 1974 to 1979. Since 1979, The Nature of Things was shown on CBC that aired in 50 countries worldwide. The program shows that threatening wildlife habitats could damage our planet. He hosted the program The Secret of Life, which aired on PBS. His 1985 hit A Planet for a Taking has over 1.8 million viewers and has earned him the United Nations Environment Programme Medal. His book in 1997 called The Sacred Balance was made into a 5-hour mini series that aired in 2002.

David Suzuki (www.info.adu.edu/Discover_News)

I think a hero is someone who makes our lives better. David Suzuki did that by convincing us to protect our planet. He did this by going to different places and meeting different people. I hope we will listen to David and prevent global warming.