Severn Suzuki

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Severn Cullis-Suzuki as guest speaker of the Revolutionary Speakers Series at the Myer Horowitz Theater of the University of Alberta , 2006

Severn Cullis-Suzuki ( Haida Killthgula Gaayaa 'Good Speaker' ), (born November 30, 1979 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian environmental activist, cultural ambassador, speaker, television presenter and author. She is also a board member of the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society and the David Suzuki Foundation, as well as initiating numerous civil society projects.

At the age of twelve she became known as "the girl who silenced the world" with a six-minute speech at the first United Nations conference on the environment and development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 . In her lectures, books and campaigns, she addresses the finiteness of resources on earth and the unrestrained exploitation of the planet to the detriment of current and future generations. She emphasizes the importance of cultural values ​​and experiences for the development of concrete solutions. It calls for a dialogue about basic social values ​​and the political shaping of sustainable development .

Life

Severn Cullis-Suzuki was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1979. Her mother is Tara Elizabeth Cullis - writer and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation . Her father is David Takayoshi Suzuki - geneticist, environmental activist, co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation and filmmaker.

At the age of 9, Cullis-Suzuki founded the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO) at Lord Tennyson Elementary School in her native Vancouver . The members dealt together with causes and solutions for various environmental problems.

In 1992, twelve-year-old Severn and the members of the environmental club ECO raised funds to take part in the first United Nations conference on the environment and development in Rio de Janeiro. Together with Michelle Quigg, Vanessa Suttie and Morgan Geisler, Cullis-Suzuki finally traveled to the conference in Rio de Janeiro and gave a haunting speech to the United Nations delegates on the limits of growth and resource exploitation of planet earth from the perspective of present and future generations . With this six-minute speech, she became known as "the girl who silenced the world".

In 1993, Cullis-Suzuki's first book was published with the original title Tell the World , a 32-page environmental guide for families.

In 2001, Cullis-Suzuki graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology .

In 2002 she hosted the children's television series Suzuki's Nature Quest . She also founded the Internet platform The Skyfish Project . As a member of the Kofi Annan's Special Advisory Panel , she and other members of the Internet platform The Skyfish Project carried out their first joint project - Recognition of Responsibility - at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 .

The Skyfish Project disbanded in 2004 when Cullis-Suzuki began her master's degree in ethnoecology at the University of Victoria . Cullis-Suzuki has been advising the Earth Charter Commission since 2004 and is an ambassador for the further development of the Earth Charter , an Earth Charter for sustainable development .

Since 2010, Cullis-Suzuki has moderated the TV series Samaqan - Water Stories .

As part of the Canadian initiative The Earth Summit Dialogues , Cullis-Suzuki is one of several We CANada champions and will travel to Rio de Janeiro again in 2012 as an ambassador for sustainable development for the United Nations conference on sustainable development . There she found that the situation has only gotten worse since her last speech.

Severn Cullis-Suzuki is the protagonist in the documentary Severn, the Voice of Our Children by Jean-Paul Jaud, premiered on November 10, 2010 in Paris, France.

Cullis-Suzuki is married and has two sons. She lives with her family on the East Pacific island archipelago of Haida Gwaii , British Columbia, where she is particularly committed to the cultural heritage of the Haida .

Suzuki regrets that, in her opinion, politicians have not learned anything since her famous speech.

Awards

In 1993 Cullis-Suzuki received the Global 500 Award from the United Nations Environment Program .

Fonts

  • Severn Cullis-Suzuki: Tell the World. Doubleday Canada, Toronto 1993, ISBN 0-385-25422-9 .
  • Severn Cullis-Suzuki: The Day You Will Change the World. Gakuyo Shobo, Tokyo 2003.
  • Severn Cullis-Suzuki et al. (Ed.): Notes from Canada's Young Activists. Greystone Books, Vancouver 2007, ISBN 1-55365-237-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f About Severn. In: SevernCullisSuzuki.com. Retrieved January 17, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Board of Directors. David Suzuki Foundation, accessed January 17, 2013 .
  3. ^ A b Severn Cullis-Suzuki. Earth Charter Commission, accessed January 17, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Staff & Board of the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.haidagwaiisemester.com
  5. ↑ a b (German subtitles) Youtube video of Severn Cullis-Suzuki's speech at the United Nations in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro . Last accessed: October 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ same YouTube video as viral video (Portuguese subtitles) . Last accessed: October 17, 2013.
  7. ^ BC Author Bank: Cullis-Suzuki, Severn . ABCBookWorld. Last accessed: January 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ David Suzuki's biography at the David Suzuki Foundation . Last accessed: January 17, 2013.
  9. ^ A b Severn Cullis-Suzuki . Speakers' Spotlight. Last accessed: January 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ The text of Severn Cullis-Suzuki's speech (June 1992): Address to the Plenary Session, Earth Summit ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) TheSpeechSite.com. Last accessed: January 17, 2013. German translation ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 57 kB) by Jürgen Winkler, 2008 for juwi's welt . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / thespeechsite.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.juwiversum.bplaced.net
  11. ↑ Article by Severn Cullis-Suzuki: The Young Can't Wait. In: Time Magazine. August 26, 2002. Last accessed: January 17, 2013.
  12. ^ A b David Suzuki: David Suzuki: The Autobiography. Greystone Books, Canada 2006, ISBN 1-55365-156-1 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  13. ↑ Julia Scott: Earth Pioneer. ( Memento from May 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Collage. 2003.
  14. ↑ Profile of Severn Cullis-Suzuki on WeCanada.com ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wecanada.org
  15. ↑ Commissioners at the Earth Charter Initiative.
  16. ↑ homepage Samaqan
  17. ↑ The Earth Summit Dialogues, 2012 ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wecanada.org
  18. ↑ Interview by Zara Durani with Severn Cullis-Suzuki about her campaign We CANada Champion at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Last accessed: January 19, 2013.
  19. ↑ a b Severn Suzuki's speech at Rio + 20 on YouTube , June 20, 2012
  20. ^ Film Severn, the voice of our children by Jean-Paul Jaud
  21. ↑ Deutsche Welle: "The girl from Rio" looks back - Rio + 20. In: dw.com. June 20, 2012, accessed September 5, 2016 .
  22. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) United Nations Environment Program. Last accessed: January 17, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.global500.org

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personal data
SURNAME Suzuki, Severn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cullis-Suzuki, Severn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian environmental activist and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , British Columbia