Suzuki, David (education and academic work): Amherst College, 34–41;
as geneticist, successful and controversial, 47–48, 50–57, 95, 97, 337–40;
postgraduate training, 41–47
Suzuki, David (husband, father, and elder): confronting mortality, 391–98;
extended family as legacy, 382–87;
marriages and children, 41–42, 52–53, 94–95, 97–110;
Tangwyn, 370–78;
work as legacy, 387–91
Suzuki, David (science broadcaster): adventures with “stand-ups”, 72–78, 79–93;
Amazonia, 138–44, 150, 152–53, 162–67;
as career change, 54, 59–69;
celebrity status, 347–69;
Haida Gwaii, 114–16, 118–20;
It's a Matter of Survival, 218–20, 266;
The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, 67–68, 72, 81, 91–93, 114–16, 118–20, 134, 157, 242, 244–45, 273, 308;
Suzuki on Science, 60
Suzuki, Dawn, 9
Suzuki, Geraldine Aiko, 8–9, 389
Suzuki, Laura, 52, 95, 385–86
Suzuki, Marcia, 5, 6, 8
Suzuki, Setsu (née Nakamura), 4–9, 11, 13, 21–23, 110–12
Suzuki, Tamiko, 41–42, 52, 94–95, 104–7, 379, 383–84
Suzuki, Troy, 52, 94–95, 104–7, 380–81, 386
Swann, David, 244
Tangwyn, 370–78
Tania, 167, 169, 176
Taylor, Meg, 299–300
television, 59–69. See also Suzuki, David (science broadcaster)
Tennessee, environmental and social problems, 44–47
Tompkins, Doug, 271
Trezise, Percy, 213–14
Union of Concerned Scientists, 261–63, 348
University of Alberta, 47, 59
University of British Columbia, 47–48, 50–53, 55–57
Vander Zalm, Bill, 122–23
Vonnegut, Kurt, 331
Walters, Carl, 233
Watson, James, 43, 55
Webster, Jack, 121
Weinstein, Marty, 234
Wilderness Advisory Committee, 120–21
Wilkerson, Ruby, 45
Wilkinson, Merv, 248–49
Wilson, Michael, 157
World Bank, 76–77, 143, 152, 157, 165, 296–97, 299
Youth Conservation Corps, 211
Zimmerman, Barbara, 155, 159–60, 190–92, 225
ALSO FROM DAVID SUZUKI AND GREYSTONE BOOKS
ADULT BOOKS
Wisdom of the Elders: Native and Scientific Ways of
Knowing about Nature, with Peter Knudtson
(ISBN: 1-55365-193-6)
Tree: A Life Story, with Wayne Grady, Art by Robert
Bateman (ISBN: 1-55365-016-6)
From Naked Ape to Superspecies: Humanity and the Global Eco-Crisis,
with Holly Dressel (ISBN: 1-55365-031-x)
The David Suzuki Reader: A Lifetime of Ideas from a Leading Activist
and Thinker (ISBN: 1-55365-022-0)
Good News for a Change: How Everyday People are Helping the Planet,
with Holly Dressel (ISBN: 1-55054-926-x)
The Sacred Balance: A Visual Celebration of Our Place in Nature, with Amanda
McConnell and Maria DeCambra (ISBN: 1-55365-065-4)
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, with Amanda McConnell (ISBN: 1-55054-963-4)
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Salmon Forest, with Sarah Ellis, Illustrated by Sheena Lott
(ISBN: 1-55365-163-4)
Eco-Fun, with Kathy Vanderlinden (ISBN: 1-55054-823-9)
You Are the Earth: Know the Planet So You Can Make It
Better, with Kathy Vanderlinden (ISBN: 1-55054-839-5)
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PHOTO CREDITS
CBC publicity photos: pages 64, 70, 86, 89, 327, 357
Jeff Topham: page 191
David Suzuki Foundation: pages 229, 243, 257
Lance Webster: page 349
Annie Liebowitz/Contact Press Images, originally photographed
for Vanity Fair: page 369
Jeff Gibbs: page 397
CBC publicity photo by Greg Pacek for The Nature of Things with David Suzuki: page 399
DAVID SUZUKI is an acclaimed geneticist and environmentalist, the host of The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, the founder and chair of the David Suzuki Foundation, and the author of more than forty books. He has been named a Companion of the Order of Canada and holds eighteen honorary degrees from institutions in Canada, the United States, and Australia. He is the recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for Science, the United Nations Environmental Medal, and unep's Global 500 award. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.