![]() ![]() A former professor of genetics, he has written or co-authored over 50 books, including 19 for children, and received awards, accolades and 29 honorary degrees. Suzuki’s influence is decades deep, world-wide and much celebrated. As Tim Flannery puts it, he is “the greatest environmentalist of our age”. Suzuki, now 87, may be one among millions active in today’s environmental movement, but he is one in a million. ![]() Speaking in Adelaide in 2016, he testified to the life-changing effects of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, saying it “impelled” him to join “millions of people around the world in what we now see was a modern environmental movement”. In an occasional series, we look at books that have become cultural touchstones.Ĭanadian scientist, author, and environmental activist David Suzuki knows firsthand the power of books. ![]()
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