Born and raised in Vancouver, Severn Suzuki has been working on environmental and social justice issues since kindergarten. At age 9, she and some friends started the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO), a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. They traveled to 1992’s UN Earth Summit to Rio de janero, where 12 year-old Severn gave this powerful speech that deeply affected (and silenced) some of the most prominent world leaders.
Read the full text of Severn’s speech, and pass it on to another 12 year old you know.
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