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David Suzuki turns 80, reflects on eco-morality and mortality

David Suzuki has been passionate about the planet for decades. Now he is 80, an age where in his words you enter the death zone and are compelled to speak from the heart. David Suzuki joins Anna Maria to talk science, celebrity, family and mortality.
In a special episode of CBC's The Nature of Things tables turn as the program focuses on the host and marks David Suzuki's 80th birthday, March 24, 2016. (CBC)

David Suzuki has been passionate about the planet for decades.

Now the scientist and environmental activist has turned 80, an age where in his words you enter the death zone and are compelled to speak from the heart.

On March 24, 2016, CBC's The Nature of Things will pull back the curtain and get close and personal with the longtime host to speak to his dedication to defend the environment, his thoughts on the future of science and reflect on his success in life and entering what he calls "the death zone."

Scene from Suzuki at 80: David learns an important lesson from his dad

We asked Stephen Harper's office in Ottawa for a response to David Suzuki's call that the former PM be jailed for his "willful blindness to climate change." It declined to comment. 
People who say the world is doomed should shut up, says environmental activist David Suzuki.

This segment was produced by The Current's Howard Goldenthal.