In this clip from 1976, the late Farley Mowat, one of Canada's best known authors, talks about the environment long before it was the "thing" to do. "We are the only form of life the world has ever heard of that takes energy because it wants it, not because it needs it," he says. And if we don't change, he says human beings can't survive. For more classic clips, go to http://www.cbc.ca/archives
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Farley Mowat on the idea of need vs. greed, 1976: CBC Archives | CBC
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