‘TH E YOUNGER
GENERATION
NEEDS TO SEE HOW
TO ACT IN CRISIS.
ARE WE GOING
TO SCREAM OUR
HEADS OFF AND
FREAK OUT?
WHAT WE NEED IS
CALM AND STEADY
AND VERY CLEAR
ACTION, AND
THAT’S HOW TO BE
PARTNERS ACROSS
GENERATIONS.’Through speaking,
writing, and filmmaking,
she promotes a return
to values that will sus-
tain the Earth. Her 1992
speech to the UN
climate conference in
Rio de Janeiro, deliv-
ered when Cullis-Suzuki
was 12, stills draws view-
ers on YouTube. In 2017
she celebrated its 25th
anniversary by encour-
aging young people
to give her speech,
or parts of it, and to
upload the video to her
“I’m Only a Child, but ...”
YouTube page.
KARI MEDIGSEVERN
CULLIS-SUZUKI
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