what is severn suzuki asking for the adult
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Severn Suzuki calls on youth to challenge representatives to fight for intergenerational justice. Twenty years ago, Severn Cullis-Suzuki's 6-minute speech to the 1992 Earth Summit 'silenced the world' and challenged negotiators to 'make your actions reflect your words.
Severn Suzuki calls on youth to challenge representatives to fight for intergenerational justice. Twenty years ago, Severn Cullis-Suzuki's 6-minute speech to the 1992 Earth Summit 'silenced the world' and challenged negotiators to 'make your actions reflect your words. Severn has a really good goal. She wants to keep the world a good place for kids when they grow up. In the twelve years since she made that speech Severn has gone to places around the world and at age twenty-four she is still working for the environment and making speeches today.
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Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for “ECO” -- the Environmental Children’s Organization.
We are a group of 12 and 13 year-olds trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg, and me. We’ve raised all the money to come here ourselves – to come 5,000 miles to tell you adults you must change your ways.
Coming up here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future. Losing my future is not like losing an election, or a few points on the stock market.
I am here to speak for all generations to come. I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard. I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet, because they have nowhere left to go. I am afraid to go out in the sun now, because of the holes in our ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air, because I don’t know what chemicals are in it.
I used to go fishing in Vancouver, my home, with my Dad until, just a few years ago, we found a fish full of cancers. And now we hear of animals and plants going extinct every day, vanishing forever. In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles, and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.My dad always says, “You are what you do, not what you say.” Well, what you do makes me cry at night. You grown-ups say you love us. But I challenge you, please, make your actions reflect your words.
Thank you.
Severn Suzuki’s speech at the U.N. Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 1992.