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
Janet Wilson is an author and fine artist. She is the author/illustrator of the picture book One Peace: True Stories of Young Activists and Imagine That!, and the illustrator of In Flanders Fields, Out of Slavery, and Jasper's Day. Janet lives in Eden Mills, Ontario, a community with a strong environmental focus.