At the age of 12, Severn Suzuki gave a courageous 5-minute speech to the UN’s earth summit in Brazil. She boldly reminded the world leaders of their responsibility for our planet. I was blown away with the passion of this little girl. She speaks with unexpected conviction and power. Remarkable.

Even though the speech is from 1992, Severn said in a recent interview with the NY Times: “The shocking thing about the speech I gave at Rio is that the exact same speech could be given today.” =(

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