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Severn and the Day She Silenced the World

By Janet Wilson

Book information

Publisher
Second Story Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781927583241, 9781927583234
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
16 MB (16990416 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-01-15 20:59:24
Biography & Autobiography; Juvenile Nonfiction; So

Description

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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