Severn Cullis-Suzuki gave the speech at the UN Earth Summit of 1992‚ when she was only 12 years old. E.C.O raised money with members of ECO‚ to attend the Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Severn Cullis-Suzuki personally wrote the entire speech (below) Hello‚ I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. - The Environmental Childrens Organisation. We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie‚ Morgan Geisler‚ Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves
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Hello‚ I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. – The Environmental Children’s Organisation. We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie‚ Morgan Geisler‚ Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves to come six thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming 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
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MY ROLE MODEL Severn Cullis-Suzuki is an outstanding role model for people across the world. Severn Culllis-Suzuki was born on November 30‚ 1979‚ in Vancouver‚ British Columbia. She is a Canadian environmental activist and speaker. When she was six‚ she carried signs with her first protests on them on Bernard Avenue. In grade four‚ she established an organization‚ the ECO‚ Environmental Children’s organization‚ where the children would teach each other about the environment. At
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generations to meet their own needs. Earth Summit wants all people to fix the lifestyle‚ maybe only a little bit‚ and save the world. A girl named Severn Suzuki paid for the trip to Rio herself and wanted to let people think about our Situation with the earth and talked in a public speech to all people. She wants to change the habits of adults and children. Severn says‚ that she found fish with cancer. Is this the way we want to eat fish? We really have to think of what we can make better in waste seperation
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development: a country at a further stage of development Location:to include a map where relevant Date/s: 20-27 Jul 2007 Cause/s: · Tewkesbury is vulnerable to flood events due to its geographical location with two sizeable rivers‚ the Severn and the Avon‚ meeting in the town which both overflowed · The summer of 2007 in England and Wales was the wettest since records began in 1766 due to a low pressure system over the UK‚ with an extreme event on July 20th‚ see Figure 12. Impacts
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techniques. The two speeches “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King and “Address to the Plenary Session” by Severn Cullis-Suzuki and the song “dear Mr president” composed by pink will be used throughout to help show you how a distinctive voice creates an emotional response to texts. “ I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King and “Address to the Plenary Session‚ Earth Summit” by Severn Cullis-Suzuki‚ both have strong an powerful speakers/ composers presenting the speech. In the speech “I Have a Dream”
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respond to significant aspects of life? In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text Severn Cullis- Suzuki and J.F. Kennedy and ONE other related text of your own choosing. Distinctive voices provide understanding and emphasise the significant events and aspects of life in relation to the individual and their underlying place in the society. Both John F. Kennedy and Severn Cullis Suzuki provide evidence of this which is evident in the use of contrast‚ anaphora‚ imagery‚ rhetorical
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into how the speaker captures and draws attention from their audience. It is evident that through the two speeches – ‘Inaugural Address’ spoken by president John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ and ‘Address to the Plenary Session‚ Earth Summit’ spoken by Severn Cullis-Suzuki‚ that rhetorical devices and speech elements are used in order to successfully enhance a speech and gain an audience’s attention. In order to enhance a speech‚ the speaker needs to focus on what to say and how to say it. John Kennedy’s
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These enhance the meaning of the speeches and depict the key information that allows listeners to be alert of the issue the speaker is raising. They all challenge society by standing up for people and their own beliefs. Dr. Martin Luther King and Severn Cullis-Suzuki both demonstrate the importance of their discussed issue throughout their speeches. In King’s I Have a Dream‚ he comments on the issue of black and white segregation and Suzuki raises the issues relating to the environment in her Address
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back to question-it is clearly evident through such significant values that the need for unification is essential) Whilst Obama discusses the urgency for equality and protection so to does Severn Cullis-Suzuki in her “Address to the Plenary Session‚ Earth Summit‚ 1992”. Whilst at a tender age of 12‚ Cullis-Suzuki addressed a room full of delegates‚ business people and politicians in order to persuade her listeners to be more considerate about the environment. Her passion was influenced by her fathers
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