David Suzuki, at the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, sounding much more emotionally forceful that usual, gives a 42 minute speech on how the global economy fails to serve the natural environment which is seen as an external cost ignored by the market. Citing examples of the dying oceans, the human body burden, and deforestation, Suzuki describes his fears for the next generation in a world whose economic system rewards the squandering of future natural resources in order to satiate the present need for growth.