Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Severn " Killthgula Gaayaa " ( Haida, dt: "Good speaker " ) Cullis - Suzuki, ( born November 30, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian environmental activist, cultural ambassador, speaker, television presenter and author. She is also board member of the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society and the David Suzuki Foundation and initiator of many civic projects.
She became known for twelve years as the girl who brought the world to silence with a 6- minute speech to the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro. In their presentations, books and campaigns it focuses on the finite resources on the earth and the unrestrained exploitation of the planet at the expense of present and future generations. It emphasizes the importance of cultural values and experiences to develop concrete solutions. It promotes dialogue on fundamental social values and political shaping of sustainable development.
She is the daughter of Canadian environmental activist David Takayoshi Suzuki and Tara Cullis Elizabeth.
Life
Severn Cullis-Suzuki was born in 1979 in Vancouver (British Columbia). Her mother is Tara Elizabeth Cullis - writer and co- founder of the David Suzuki Foundation Foundation. Her father is David Takayoshi Suzuki - geneticists, environmental activist, co- founder of the David Suzuki Foundation Foundation and filmmaker.
At the age of 9 years Cullis - Suzuki founded on Lord Tennyson Elementary School in her hometown of Vancouver environmental club Environmental Children's Organization ( ECO). The members worked together on causes and solutions to various environmental problems.
Collected in 1992, aged twelve, Severn and the members of environmental clubs ECO donations to participate in the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Along with Michelle Quigg, Vanessa Suttie, and Morgan Geisler traveled Cullis - Suzuki finally to the conference to Rio de Janeiro and delivered a forceful speech about the limits to growth and resource exploitation of the planet Earth before the delegates of the United Nations from the perspective of current and future generations. This 6-minute speech, she was known as the girl who brought the world to silence.
1993 Cullis - Suzuki's first book with the original title Tell the World published a 32 -page Environmental Guide for Families.
2001 made Cullis - Suzuki graduated B.Sc. in Biology at Yale University.
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 Kofi Annan 's Special Advisory Panel, she realized together with other members of the internet platform The Skyfish Project at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 their first joint project - Recognition of Responsibility.
The Skyfish Project broke up in 2004, as Cullis - Suzuki starting her Master of Ethno Ecology at the University of Victoria. Since 2004, Cullis - Suzuki advises the Earth Charter Commission and is an ambassador for the further development of the Earth Charter, an Earth Charter for Sustainable Development.
Since 2010, Cullis - Suzuki moderated the TV series Samaqan - Water Stories.
As part of the Canadian Initiative The Earth Summit Dialogues is Cullis - Suzuki is one of several We CANada Champions 2012 and travels as an ambassador for sustainable development again to Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Severn Cullis-Suzuki is the protagonist in the documentary Severn, the Voice of Our Children by Jean -Paul Jaud, premiered on 10 November 2010 in Paris, France.
Cullis - Suzuki is married and has two sons. With her family, she lives on the East Pacific archipelago of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, where she is active in particular for the cultural heritage of the Haida advocates.
Awards
Cullis - Suzuki in 1993 was awarded the Global 500 Award of the United Nations Environment Programme.