Vanessa suttie, morgan geisler, michelle quigg and me. Vanessa suttie, morgan geisler, michelle quigg, and me. Hello, im severn suzuki, speaking for ecothe environmental childrens organization. Annotated captions of severn suzuki s speech at the university of british columbia part 2 in english. It was 20 years ago this month that severn suzuki, then 12, gave the speech of her life.
As she stood on the podium at the first earth summit, facing dignitaries from 178 nations. Severn cullissuzuki the speech that silenced the world. By republishing this video we honor severn cullis suzuki, on the 25th anniversary of her speech to the uns rio earth summit in 1992, where she was the. Celebrating 25 years since severn suzukis iconic speech. We are a group of twelve and thirteenyearolds trying to make a difference.
Ive included in this post the full text of severn suzuki s speech because it is such an important, hopeful document a template for action to anyone who cares about the environment. Adress given by severn at the rio summit in 1992 hello, im severn suzuki speaking for e. Online video translation and transcription crowdsourced. The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes full text author. We are a group of 12 and yearolds trying to make a difference. The girl who silenced the world for six minutes speech transcript. This was a speech delivered at the rio earth summit in 1992 by twelveyear old severn suzuki of canada. Hello, im severn suzuki speaking for eco the environmental childrens organization. Read 6 severn suzuki speech from the story book of quotes by cerebru amante del diablo with reads. The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes full text.
Text copy of speech the girl who silenced the world for five minutes severn cullis suzuki started the environmental childrens organization eco when she was only 9yearsold. The girl who silenced the world for six minutes speech. Her name is severn suzuki, and here you have one of perhaps the most impressive speeches of all time, delivered by her only a 12 year old at the time at. Eco was a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. Severn suzuki addresses several issues in her speech. Annotated captions of severn suzukis speech at the. As always, your reactions and comments are welcome. We raised all the money to come here ourselves, to cover five. Please help spread the word about the girl who silenced the world.
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