Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.

Since the mid-1970s Suzuki has been known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. Suzuki was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2009. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine The Nature of Things seen in over forty nations.