▁into ▁full - f led ged ▁environmental ism : ▁not ▁because ▁he ' s ▁a ▁natural ▁ze al ot , ▁but ▁because ▁he ' s ▁an ▁intellect ually ▁honest ▁man ▁brought ▁face ▁to ▁face ▁with ▁evidence ▁that ▁our ▁current ▁economic ▁and ▁energy ▁policies ▁are ▁dig ging ▁our ▁grand children ' s ▁gra ves ." ▁ ▁Later ▁chap ters ▁tell ▁of ▁events ▁since ▁Met am orph osis . ▁In ▁British ▁Columbia , ▁Su zu ki ▁sp ends ▁time ▁on ▁the ▁Queen ▁Charlotte ▁Islands ▁and ▁in ▁Stein ▁Valley ▁advoc ating ▁against ▁logging . ▁He ▁describes ▁his ▁travel s ▁in ▁Brazil ▁while ▁shooting ▁an ▁episode ▁of ▁The ▁Nature ▁of ▁Things ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁and ▁the ▁relationship ▁he ▁developed ▁with ▁the ▁Kay ap o ▁people . ▁One ▁of ▁their ▁leaders ▁returned ▁to ▁Canada ▁with ▁him ▁to ▁advoc ate ▁the ▁protection ▁of ▁his ▁hom eland ▁in ▁the ▁Amazon . ▁His ▁tour ▁of ▁Pap ua ▁New ▁Guinea ▁and ▁how ▁Australia ▁became ▁his ▁second ▁home ▁are ▁explained . ▁He ▁describes ▁the ▁found ing ▁and ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁David ▁Su zu ki ▁Foundation , ▁a ▁non - pro fit ▁organization ▁based ▁on ▁environmental ▁protection ▁and ▁developing ▁sust ain ability . ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁four ▁chap ters ▁Su zu ki ▁elabor ates ▁on ▁his ▁thoughts ▁about ▁climate ▁change , ▁celebr ity ▁status , ▁technology , ▁and ▁death . ▁He ▁l aments ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁global ▁action ▁on ▁climate ▁change , ▁scientific ▁ill iter acy ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁polit icians , ▁and ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁media ▁attention ▁to