12 year old told the world in 1992. Who listened?
July 13th, 2008
In 1992, at the age of 12, Severn Cullis-Suzuki raied money to go to and address the UN’s Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. There she represented — along with with group members Michelle Quigg, Vanessa Suttie, and Morgan Geisler – the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO), a small group she had founded three years earlier.
[h/t Crooks and Liars.]
In the 16 years since her speech, she has remained active in the environmental movement. Read about the evolution of her thoughts here.
Entry Filed under: Environment, Social Change