Severn Suzuki

A friend posted this video on her Facebook page today. It is one of those things that, once I see it, I wonder how it is possible that I haven't already seen it before. Here is a quote from Severn Suzuki's biography on Wikipedia.com.

Cullis-Suzuki was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada.^[1] Her father is a second-generation Japanese Canadian.^[2] While attending Lord Tennyson Elementary School in French Immersion, at the age of nine, she founded the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO), a group of children dedicated to learning and teaching other youngsters about environmental issues.^[3] In 1992, at the age of 12, Cullis-Suzuki raised money with members of ECO, to attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Along with group members Michelle Quigg, Vanessa Suttie, and Morgan Geisler, Cullis-Suzuki presented environmental issues from a youth perspective at the summit, where she was applauded for a speech to the delegates.^[4][5] The video has since become a sort of viral hit, popularly known as "The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes". In 1993, she was honored in the United Nations Environment Program's Global 500 Roll of Honor.^[6] In 1993, Doubleday published her book Tell the World (ISBN 0-385-25422-9), a 32-page book of environmental steps for families.


Watch the video.

Her message, delivered in 1992, can never be spoken too often or loudly enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZsDliXzyAY

What has happened to Severn Suzuki since this speech in Rio?
Watch this more recent speech to find out:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4634217208205283819#