Severn and the Day She Silenced the World

Janet Wilson

Apr. 2014 · Second Story Press

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Severn Suzuki's speech at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio caught the attention of the world. As the daughter of environmentalist David Suzuki, Severn's concern for the environment was fueled by a trip to the Amazon rainforest at age nine. 

Back home in Vancouver, she and her friends started ECO, the Environmental Children's Organization, combining their efforts to raise enough money to travel to Rio. They couldn't have imagined the effect they would have on the adults gathered there. 

More than twenty years later, Severn's speech continues to receive thousands of hits on YouTube. Severn's story is about the power that children have to create change when they work together, and how their voices can stand out above the politics and cynicism of adults.

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Janet Wilson is an author and fine artist. She wrote and illustrated Our Rights: How Kids are Changing the World, Our Earth: How Kids are Saving the Planet, and One Peace: True Stories of Young Activists, and Shannen and the Dream for a School, soon to be a TV movie. Janet lives in Eden Mills, Ontario, a community with a strong environmental focus. www.janetwilson.ca