Severn Cullis-Suzuki (*1979)
Speech at U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (11.06.1992)
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This is a transcript of a speech that was given at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 by a 12-year-old girl from Canada. The speaker Severn Cullis-Suzuki is an activist and writer who has been speaking out about social justice and environmental issues since she was small. At age 9 she started the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO) with a group of friends committed to learning and teaching others about environmental issues. Her powerful speech at the Rio Earth Summit garnered worldwide attention. For this she received the UN Environment Program's Global 500 Award in Beijing the following year.
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