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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Canadian Teen Address to the UN on Environment

I'm not sure how I came across this 2008 upload to You Tube.  It's an address to the United Nations in 1992 by a thirteen year old Canadian girl, Severn Suzuki (the daughter of a well-known Canadian scientist).  When she was 9, Severn started the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO), a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. They were successful in many projects before 1992, when they raised enough money to go to the UN's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Their aim was to remind the decision-makers of who their actions or inactions would ultimately affect.





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