A Sense Of Wonder David Suzuki Summary

“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.” -Mother Teresa. Though we think that our daily activities will not make a difference in the world, in reality every single action has the potential to change the future of the world. In “A Sense of Wonder” by David Suzuki, he describes his view on humans as a species and how if we don't change, we may endanger other species that coexist on our planet or even imperil the life of our planet. I’m going to prove that if we do not start to try to learn about our planet instead of other worlds that do not exist, we may not learn how to stop hurting our own and how doing so will not only

One example of humans unknowingly killing our own planet was the invention of plastics. “The age of plastic” began as early as 1909 and the low cost of plastic made it easy to mass produce and distribute. About a century later, studies have proved that as much as eight million tons of plastic waste has been found in the ocean. An amount of waste of this proportion being dumped into the ocean has lead to the extinction of numerous species and the potential extinction of many more in the future. David believes that we as humans are extremely fantasized with planets and creatures that only exist behind a computer screen and that we should be more fantasized with learning about our own planet and what lies within it before it is too late to do so. David suggests that those “new” worlds are just a part of our own and that we should start bonding with our families and things that are real. He uses examples from his life and from a study conducted with children. I agree with David’s argument, in the past we as a civilization have caused the extinction and endangerment of a vast amount of plant and animal species. Many of the animals that are already extinct became endangered and eventually extinct due to hunting and poaching

Obviously when he was a child technology wasn’t as advanced as it is now, so instead of playing video games to “escape” from his life, he would wander to this swamp. David describes this swamp having a vast array of different creatures and plants and everyday that he went to that swamp he would be able to discover something new. Today the swamp has been transformed into a massive shopping mall therefore either killing all the plants and animals that once lived there or leaving them without a habitat. After describing the story of this beautiful swamp, David then asks “what does that mean for youths who spend their time there now?” The youths that spend their time at the shopping mall will never get to experience the escape that David was able to have when he was a young child. Instead their escape now lies within different worlds projected by an array of technology. I believe that David’s ability to go to this swamp and physically interact with a seemingly infinite array of plants and animals would be a far greater experience than viewing such creatures through a monitor. Not being able to interact with such beautiful creatures also stunts our ability to learn about them. You could always read about them online but just seeing and touching these creatures could grant you far more knowledge. The deeper meaning that David proposes in this article is