Canada: Famed Environmental Activist David Suzuki Discovers City Farmer.
CBC brought the 86-year-old star to the Compost Garden in October 2022
Wiki excerpt:
David Takayoshi Suzuki CC OBC FRSC (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things, seen in over 40 countries. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment.
A longtime activist to reverse global climate change, Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990, to work “to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that does sustain us.” The Foundation’s priorities are: oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and Suzuki’s Nature Challenge. The Foundation also works on ways to help protect the oceans from large oil spills such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Suzuki has also served as a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association from 1982 to 1987.
Suzuki was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2009. His 2011 book, The Legacy, won the Nautilus Book Award. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 2004, Suzuki ranked fifth on the list of final nominees in a CBC Television series that asked viewers to select The Greatest Canadian of all time.
From Mike Levenston City Farmer. Dec 2023
In October, 2022, CBC brought a crew to the the Compost Garden to film David Suzuki, at 86 years-of-age, for his last show on ‘The Nature of Things’. David chatted with Maria Keating, Bug Lady at City Farmer, for three hours. He was entranced by the garden and was in no hurry to leave. Unfortunately, the segment on our garden did not make it into the final show which features his home and neighbourhood just down the street on Point Grey Road.
I corresponded with the show’s director hoping he would put out a short piece on CBC’s web site, but it wasn’t possible. However, just a few weeks ago, we were delighted to hear from that generous director who said that all the rough ‘LOG’ footage taken a year ago was available to us. [With permission from David Suzuki.] Large files were then transferred via ‘Big Send’.
I have taken a few clips from those LOG files and placed them on our Vimeo page. They give a glimpse of that memorable day.
Final Episode of the Nature of Things with David. His daughter continues as host of the show.
You can watch the final episode of the Nature of Things on GEM TV for free. It shows David’s Kits neighbourhood and his history here.
