Severn Cullis-Suzuki
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki is an environmental activist, speaker, television host and author. Born in 1979 to writer and former Harvard University instructor Dr. Tara Elizabeth Cullis and famed Canadian geneticist and environmental activist Dr. David Suzuki, Cullis-Suzuki received a B. Sc. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Yale University in 2002. 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.[1]
In 1992, at the age of 12, Cullis-Suzuki raised money with some schoolmates to attend the Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro, where she received a standing ovation for a speech to the delegates.[2]
In the spring of 2002, Cullis-Suzuki helped launch an Internet-based think-tank called The Skyfish Project. She is a member of Kofi Annan’s Special Advisory Panel, and as such she and members of the Skyfish Project brought their first project, a pledge called the "Recognition of Responsibility," to the UN World Summit in Johannesburg in August 2002.
Cullis-Suzuki has hosted a number of television programs, including Suzuki's Nature Quest, a children's television series that aired on the Discovery Channel in 2002. In 1993, Doubleday published her book Tell the World (ISBN 0-385-25422-9), a 32-page book of environmental steps for families.
[edit] External links
- The Young Can't Wait by Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Time Magazine, Aug. 2002 (see also this)
- From U.N. to the Amazon, Cullis-Suzuki '02 saves world (Yale Daily News) 2003
- Severn Cullis-Suzuki general information Severn Suzuki Speakers Tour (Japan).
- Sev's Six Minutes Marie Claire Italy Spring 2003
[edit] References
- Severn Cullis-Suzuki bio, published online. The Skyfish Project
