Mr. Suzuki is an international environmentalist. His conferences talk about the environment and the place of humans on earth. He feels that people are disconnected to their responsibilities in the environment.
In the past, human beings were respectful with nature and they celebrated their connection to nature through songs and prayers. Now, the media gives the news in fragments, so humans do not feel concerned about nature because humans do not have all of the information. Suzuki says that human beings are the first ‘’superspecies’’. This expression means that humans are altering the physical features of the planet! We do this because there are a lot of humans on earth, we have powerful technologies, we are hyper-consumers and we think that we do not need nature because humans have built cities. But, in fact, we are nature. Humans are made of water, fire, earth and air. Those four sacred elements are interconnected; if one of them is not there, we will not be able to survive. Air is everywhere and in all of our bodies. Humans’ bodies are made of water. The earth keeps us alive because most of our food comes from the soil. Fire is the energy from the sunlight and it is essential for the photosynthesis of plants.
To conclude, nature and biodiversity give humans what they need to survive.
