Tonight, we honour one of our nation’s youngest, yet extremely accomplished environmental activists. Severn Cullis-Suzuki has shown an interest in the environment and its preservation from an early age on, as she explored the nature surrounding Vancouver together with her father, famous environmentalist David Suzuki. She founded the Environmental Children’s organization at age 9, still in Elementary School. By age 12, she had become so invested in environmental activism that she was invited to speak before the members of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, reminding them that the issues they were addressing had implications for every living being on the planet. She emphasized one of her firm believes, that of sustainable development, crafting long-term
