- Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Severn Cullis-Suzuki (born
November 30 ,1979 inVancouver ,Canada ) is an environmental activist, speaker, television host and author. Born to writerTara Elizabeth Cullis andgeneticist and environmental activistDavid Suzuki , she has spoken around the world about environmental issues, urging listeners to define their values, act with the future in mind, and take individual responsibility.Biography
Cullis-Suzuki was born and raised in
Vancouver ,Canada . [cite web |url = http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=2910 |title = BC Author Bank: Cullis-Suzuki, Severn |accessdate = 2008-06-06 |publisher = ABCBookWorld ] At the age of nine, she founded the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO), a group of children dedicated to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues.cite web |url = http://www.speakers.ca/cullis-suzuki_severn.aspx |title = Severn Cullis-Suzuki |accessdate = 2008-06-06 |publisher = Speakers' Spotlight ] In 1992, at the age of 12, Cullis-Suzuki raised money with members of ECO, to attend the Earth Summit inRio de Janeiro . Along with group members Michelle Quigg, Vanessa Suttie, and Morgan Geisler, Cullis-Suzuki presented environmental issues from a youth perspective at the summit, where she was applauded for a speech to the delegates. [cite web |url = http://www.slothclub.org/pages/activity/japan/sevtour/sevspeech1992.htm |title = Address to the Plenary Session, Earth Summit |accessdate = 2008-06-06 |author = Cullis-Suzuki, Severn |date = June 1992 |publisher = The Sloth Club ] [cite web |url = http://www.time.com/time/2002/greencentury/engeneration.html |title = The Young Can't Wait |accessdate = 2008-06-06 |author = Cullis-Suzuki, Severn |date = 2002-08-18 |publisher = "Time" ] In 1993, she was honoured in theUnited Nations Environment Programme 'sGlobal 500 Roll of Honour . [cite web |url = http://www.global500.org/ViewLaureate.asp?ID=187 |title = UNEP Global 500 Laureates - Award Winners |accessdate = 2008-06-06 |author = Maybaum, Mary Ann |date = 2004-05-01 |publisher =United Nations Environment Programme ] In 1993, Doubleday published her book "Tell the World" (ISBN 0-385-25422-9), a 32-page book of environmental steps for families.Cullis-Suzuki graduated from
Yale University in 2002 with a B.Sc. inecology andevolutionary biology . After Yale, Cullis-Suzuki spent two years traveling. Cullis-Suzuki co-hosted "Suzuki's Nature Quest", a children's television series that aired on theDiscovery Channel in 2002.In early 2002, she helped launch an Internet-based
think tank called The Skyfish Project.cite book |title = "" |last = Suzuki |first = David |authorlink = David Suzuki |year = 2006 |publisher = Greystone Books |location = Canada |isbn = 1553651561 ] [cite web |url = http://www.collagefoundation.org/people/people-scsuzuki.html |title = Earth Pioneer |accessdate = 2008-06-06 |author = Scott, Julia |date = 2003 |publisher = Collage ] As a member ofKofi Annan 's Special Advisory Panel, she and members of the Skyfish Project brought their first project, a pledge called the "Recognition of Responsibility", to the World Summit on Sustainable Development inJohannesburg in August 2002. The Skyfish Project disbanded in 2004 as Cullis-Suzuki turned her focus back to school and enrolled in a graduate program at theUniversity of Victoria to studyethnobotany underNancy Turner .References
External links
* [http://www.slothclub.org/pages/activity/japan/sevtour/sevindex.htm Severn Cullis-Suzuki general information] "Severn Suzuki Speakers Tour" (Japan).
*YouTube|5g8cmWZOX8Q|Severn Cullis-Suzuki's speech at UN Earth Summit 1992 ( [http://www.sustainablestyle.org/sass/heirbrains/03suzuki.html Transcript] )
* [http://www.time.com/time/2002/greencentury/engeneration.html "The Young Can't Wait"by Severn Cullis-Suzuki] , "Time" magazine, Aug. 2002
* [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rights-and-freedoms/023021-1300-e.html "Freedom and Rights" by Servern Cullis-Suzuki] at Library and Archives Canada
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.