Greta – The Original

In 1992, Severn Cullis-Suzuki was a brave child prophet leading the worldwide environmental movement. At the tender age of twelve, she delivered a globally televised speech from the United Nations. World leaders promised, then, to mend their wicked, wasteful ways. In an exclusive interview with DIE WELTWOCHE, Cullis-Suzuki — now a 39-year-old Canadian scientist — reveals what it was like to be “The Original Greta.”

Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a hard woman to find. It’s taken over a month to land an interview with “The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes.”
As a young girl, she was ubiquitous. She had the world in thrall to her environmental pronouncements. These days, the adult biologist prefers the microscope to the camera. But Cullis-Suzuki relents and agrees to discuss the phenomenon that is Greta Thunberg.

Greta – The Original

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