“We raised all the money ourselves to come six thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways.” So began Severn Suzuki’s speech to the international delegates at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro. Only twelve years old, she was the only child given the chance to speak at the conference, and the media—and the world—took notice.

• ISBN: 9781927583234
• Author: Wilson, Janet
• Published: 2014 , Second Story Pr
• Themes: Activists, Conflict, Rainforests
• Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Nonfiction
• No. of pages: 184