Severn Cullis-Suzuki at Rio Summit 1992
Summary
TLDRSevere Suzuki, a representative of the environmental children's organization EKO, passionately addresses an audience, urging adults to change their environmentally damaging ways. Speaking for her peers and future generations, she highlights the dire consequences of inaction, including ozone depletion, extinction of species, and the disparity between the rich and the poor. Suzuki challenges the audience to reflect on their actions, reminding them of the responsibility they hold towards their children and the world. She calls for unity and action, not just words, to create a better future for all.
Takeaways
- 🌍 The speaker represents a group of young individuals advocating for environmental awareness, emphasizing the urgency of adult action to protect the future.
- 💪 The children have taken initiative, raising funds to attend the conference and voice their concerns, highlighting the proactive role of the youth in environmental issues.
- 👧 The speech is a plea from the younger generation for adults to change their ways, as the children feel their future is at stake due to environmental degradation.
- 😷 The fear of environmental consequences, such as ozone depletion and polluted air, is personally affecting the speaker and is a call for immediate action.
- 🐟 The mention of diseased fish and extinction of species illustrates the tangible and severe effects of environmental damage on ecosystems.
- 🌳 The speaker dreams of natural wonders but fears they may disappear before future generations can experience them, emphasizing the loss of biodiversity.
- 🕳️ There is an acknowledgment of the lack of solutions to reverse environmental damage, urging adults to stop causing further harm if they cannot fix the problems.
- 👪 The speech reminds the audience that everyone is part of a global family, transcending borders and governments, and should act together for a common goal.
- 🏦 The disparity between the wealth of the developed world and the poverty of the less fortunate is highlighted, questioning the greed and unwillingness to share resources.
- 🤔 The speaker challenges the audience to align their actions with their words, questioning the inconsistency between the values taught to children and the behavior of adults.
- 🌐 The potential for a better world is presented, suggesting that resources spent on war could be better used to solve environmental issues and poverty.
Q & A
Who is S Suzuki speaking for in the transcript?
-S Suzuki is speaking for Eko the, an environmental children's organization.
What is the age group of the children in the organization that S Suzuki represents?
-The children in the organization are aged 12 and 13 years old.
How did S Suzuki and her colleagues fund their trip to the conference?
-S Suzuki and her colleagues raised all the money themselves to come to the conference.
What is the main message S Suzuki is conveying to the adults?
-The main message is that adults must change their ways to protect the environment and the future of all generations.
Why does S Suzuki mention the ozone layer and the air quality?
-S Suzuki mentions the ozone layer and air quality to highlight the environmental issues that affect her and future generations' health and well-being.
What examples does S Suzuki give to illustrate environmental degradation?
-S Suzuki gives examples such as finding fish full of cancers, animals and plants going extinct, and the vanishing of wild animals, jungles, and rainforests.
What does S Suzuki say about the current state of the world and the lack of solutions?
-S Suzuki states that despite being a child, she knows that neither she nor the adults have all the solutions to environmental problems, and she challenges them to stop causing further damage.
What is S Suzuki's view on the sharing of resources between the wealthy and the needy?
-S Suzuki criticizes the wealthy for not sharing resources with the needy, even when they have more than enough, and highlights the willingness of a child with nothing to share.
How does S Suzuki connect the actions taught in school with the actions of adults?
-S Suzuki points out the contradiction between the values taught in school, such as not fighting, respecting others, and sharing, and the actions of adults who do not follow these principles.
What challenge does S Suzuki pose to the adults regarding their words and actions?
-S Suzuki challenges the adults to ensure that their actions reflect their words, especially their expressed love for children and their commitment to creating a better world.
What is the closing statement of the person thanking S Suzuki and her colleagues?
-The closing statement acknowledges the responsibility adults have for the world and future generations, and the importance of matching words with actions.
Outlines
🌏 Call for Global Environmental Responsibility
In this passionate speech, Severn Suzuki, a young representative from Eko, an environmental children's organization, addresses the audience at a conference. She emphasizes the urgency of environmental issues and the responsibility of adults to change their ways for the sake of future generations. Suzuki, along with her peers, has self-funded their travel to raise awareness about the dire state of the environment, including the depletion of the ozone layer, pollution, and the extinction of species. She highlights the contrast between the privileged lives in developed countries and the desperate conditions faced by children in impoverished areas, urging the audience to reflect on their actions and the legacy they are leaving for future generations.
🤔 Questioning Adult Priorities and Actions
This paragraph continues with Severn Suzuki's speech, where she challenges the adults present at the conference to align their actions with their words. She points out the hypocrisy of teaching children values such as respect, sharing, and non-violence, while the world is plagued with war, environmental degradation, and poverty. Suzuki implores the adults to consider the kind of world they are creating for children and questions whether they are truly prioritizing the well-being of future generations. She ends her speech with a plea for adults to take responsibility for their actions and to make decisions that will ensure a sustainable and peaceful world for all.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Environmental Children's Organization
💡Future Generations
💡Ozone Layer
💡Extinction
💡Sustainability
💡Privilege
💡Greed
💡Responsibility
💡Action
💡Conference
💡Love
Highlights
Introduction by Severn Suzuki for Eko, an environmental children's organization.
A group of 12 and 13-year-olds raised money to travel 5,000 miles to speak to adults about environmental change.
Suzuki emphasizes she has no hidden agenda and is fighting for her future and all generations to come.
Suzuki speaks on behalf of starving children and dying animals, highlighting the urgency of environmental issues.
Expresses fear of the sun and air pollution due to environmental degradation.
Shares personal experience of finding fish full of cancers in Vancouver, illustrating environmental impact.
Concerns about the extinction of wild animals and the disappearance of natural wonders.
Questions the complacency of adults in the face of environmental catastrophe.
Challenges the audience to acknowledge their lack of solutions and to stop causing further harm.
Suzuki asserts that everyone is part of a global family, transcending borders and governments.
Calls for unity and collective action towards a single environmental goal.
Criticizes the wasteful habits of developed countries and the reluctance to share resources.
Shares a story of a child living on the streets, expressing a desire to share if given the chance.
Reflects on the disparity between the teachings of schools and the actions of adults.
Implores the audience to consider the type of world they are creating for future generations.
Questions the priorities of adults and whether children are truly a priority.
Challenges adults to match their words of love with actions that protect the environment.
Closing remarks by a speaker thanking the children for their participation and reminding everyone of their responsibility.
Transcripts
[Applause]
hello I'm s Suzuki speaking for Eko the
environmental children's organization
we're a group of 12 and 13y olds trying
to make a
difference Vanessa SEI Morgan Geisler
Michelle quig and me we've raised all
the money to come here ourselves to come
5,000 miles to tell you adults you must
change your ways
coming up here today I have no hidden
agenda I am fighting for my
future losing my future is not like
losing an election or a few points on
the stock
market I am here to speak for all
generations to
come I am here to speak speak on behalf
of The Starving Children around the
world whose cries go
unheard I'm here to speak for the
countless animals dying across this
planet because they have nowhere left to
go I am afraid to go out in the sun now
because of the holes in our
ozone I'm afraid to breathe the air
because I don't know what chemicals are
in
it I used to go in I used to go fishing
in Vancouver my home with my dad until
just a few years ago we found the fish
full of
cancers and now we hear of an animals
and plants going extinct every day
Vanishing
forever in my life I have dreamt of
seeing the great herds of wild animals
jungles and rainforests full of birds
and butterflies but now I wonder if they
will even exist for my children to
see did you have to worry of these
things when you were my
age all this is happening before our
eyes and yet we act as if we have all
the time we want and all the
solutions I'm only a child and I don't
have all the solutions but I don't I
want you to realize neither do
you you don't know how to fix the holes
in our ozone layer you don't know how to
bring the salmon back up a dead stream
you don't know how to bring back an
animal now extinct and you can't bring
back the forest that once grew where
there is now a
desert if you don't know how to fix it
please stop breaking
it here you may be delegates of your
government business people organizers
reporters or politicians but really your
mothers and
fathers sisters and brothers aunts and
uncles and all of you are Someone's
Child I'm only a child yet I know we are
all part of a family 5 billion strong in
fact 30 million species strong and
borders and governments will never
change
that I'm only a child yet I know we are
all in this together and should act as
one single World towards one single
goal in in my anger I am not blind and
in my fear I am not afraid of telling
the world how I feel
in my country we make so much waste we
buy and throw away buy and throw away
buy and throw away and yet Northern
countries will not share with the needy
even when we have more than enough we
are afraid to share we are afraid to let
go of some of our
wealth in Canada we live the privileged
life with plenty of food water and
shelter we have watches bicycles
computers and television sets the list
could go on for 2 days 2 days ago here
in Brazil we were shocked when we spent
time with some children living on the
streets this is what one child told
us I wish I was
rich and if I were I would give all the
street children food clothes medicines
shelter and love and
affection if a child on the streets who
has nothing is willing to share why are
we who have everything still so
greedy I can't stop thinking that these
are children my own age that it makes a
tremendous difference where you are
born that I could be one of those
children living in the favellas of
real I could be a child Starving in
Somalia or a victim of war in the Middle
East or a beggar in India
I am only a child yet I know if all the
money spent on war was spent on finding
environmental answers ending poverty and
finding treaties what a wonderful place
this Earth would
be at school even in kindergarten you
teach us how to behave in the
world you teach us to not to fight with
others to work things out to respect
others
to clean up our mess not to hurt other
creatures to share not be greedy then
why do you go out and do the do the
things you tell us not to
do do not forget why you attending these
conferences who you're doing this for we
are your own
children you are deciding what kind of a
world we are growing up
in parents should be able to comfort
their children children by saying
everything's going to be all right it's
not the end of the world and we're and
we're doing the best we can but I don't
think you can say that to us
anymore are we even on your list of
priorities my dad always says you are
what you do not what you
say well what you do makes me cry at
night you grownup say you love us but I
challenge you
please make your actions reflect your
words thank
[Applause]
you
on
very I would like to thank
you the four of you for your
participation in this conference and for
reminding us that we are responsible for
the
world and for the future generations and
also also for reminding us that we are
responsible not only for our words but
also for our
actions uh I
am keenly aware that what the four of
you have said to us makes us all feel to
make a quote of a Brazilian poet H that
we all have two hands and the sentiment
of the world and I think this is what
you have
expressed
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