Canada is second large country in the world and surprisingly, 70% of areas are pristine nature. More surprisingly, Canada owned 10% of the total amount of forests all of the world.
Therefore, Canadian people are growing near nature all the time. So, it might be natural to protect this nature for themselves.
However, at the same time, Canada has a lot of issues about conservation of the environment. Different from Japan, Canada has a wealth of natural resources such as oil sands, so Canada has a lot of financial advantages but, when it come to refine them, it produces tons of carbon dioxide. Surprisingly, it increased 30% compared to 1990. Therefore, Canada announced that they will leave from the Kyoto Protocol last year, even though they joined it originally.
Like in America, Canada is also big and is thinly populate. So, people may not feel the importance of recycling and reducing greenhouse gas. It's not rare when spring comes and snow starts melting, a lot of trashes which littered in the snow appears in the city.
His name is David Suzuki and he is known to be a scientist and professor in University of British Colombia from 1963 to 2001. He is also known for environmental activist. Above all, he is best known as host of CBC Television "The Nature of Things".
This show is really popular and over 30 years long-running that many Canadians said that they grew with his show. This program is not only describing about the mystery and the beauty of nature, but also it introduces that the nature is lost in every moment and destroyed the ecosystem that should be a base of human life. It's continuing to accuse the risk of life operation and importance of the environmental conservation.
The program is retained by strong support of the public opinion while it's often glared by politicians, and receiving the pressure from the big companies. He also got the first prize as "the existing greatest Canadian" by a referendum held on a large scale in 2004.
She gave the great speech at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and her famous phrase that " If you don't know how to fix it, please stop breaking it!" impressed audiences. Thereafter, she is active as the young leader of environmental movement all over the world. She was featured in the documentary film called "the voice of our children(Severn no chikyu no naoshikata) " and it was released in 2010 in French. This film is still screened in various cities in Japan.
This film introduces about the spirit of one farmer who makes organic rice with using dubbing duck instead of pesticide. In addition, the film shows Barjac village in France where filmed on "Non Enfants Nous Accuseront (Mirai no shokutaku) "and this village's situation now.
I didn't see this film, but DVD will release soon. I can't wait to see it.
I think that the theme of giving nice future to children through food safety should be thought by Japanese people now. Also, it's really important to act something what each people include me can do, not only her.
These are David Suzuki's recommendations what we can do in our daily life.
1. Reduce home energy use by 10%
2. Choose an energy-efficient home and appliances
3. Don't use pesticides
4. Eat meat-free meals one day a week
5. Buy locally grown and produced food
6. Choose a fuel efficient vehicle
7. Walk, bike carpool or take transit
8. Choose a home close to work or school
9. Support alternative transportation
10. Learn more and share with others
Let's try and we can do them.
Data source
Severn's legend speech 1992(English/Japanese)
Severn's film official site
Written in July 18 2012
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