David Suzuki

Dr. David Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24 1936) is a Canadian geneticist who has attained prominence as a science broadcaster and an environmental activist. He is also a co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

Broadcasting career

Since 1979, Suzuki has hosted The Nature of Things, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television show that has aired in nearly fifty countries worldwide. He was also the host of the PBS series The Secret of Life. He was a professor in the zoology department at the University of British Columbia for over thirty years (from 1969 until his retirement in 2001), and has since been professor emeritus at a university research institute. A Planet for the Taking, a 1985 hit series, averaged over 1.8 million viewers per episode and earned him a United Nations Environment Programme Medal in 1985.

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1979 - The Nature of Things - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Television - PBS - Professor - Zoology - University of British Columbia - 1969 - 2001 - 1985 - United Nations Environment Programme

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He also did The Sacred Balance, a four hour mini-series on Canadian public television which was broadcast in October 2001.

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The Sacred Balance - Mini-series - 2001

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