VANCOUVER — Eco-activist David Suzuki says it's time for him to pass the mantle to a new host of CBC’s “The Nature of Things.
The 86-year-old environmentalist and science broadcaster said Monday that he has been gradually been shifting away from actively developing the program, taking on more of a narration role instead."I have faith that younger people are going to come along, that the battle will get more intense because more is at risk," Suzuki said Monday by phone from his home in Vancouver.
Suzuki began hosting the series exactly 43 years ago on Oct. 24, 1979 and his dedication has never waned. Two activists threw mashed potatoes on a glass-covered painting by French impressionist Claude Monet at a German museum Sunday, and earlier this month, activists in London threw cans of tomato soup on a painting by Vincent van Gogh.
Suzuki himself seized on a media opportunity earlier this month when he unexpectedly came across an outdoor press conference hosted by federal Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault in Vancouver. When the floor was turned to reporters for questions, Suzuki said no one asked any. So he stepped forward to accuse the federal government of failing to take climate change seriously.
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