Democracy Now! June 21, 2012

June 21, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

On Wednesday, 17-year-old environmental activist Brittany Trilford of Wellington, New Zealand, addressed more than a hundred heads of state at the opening plenary of the Rio+20 UN Earth Summit. Democracy Now! also hears from Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of Environmental Rights Action in Nigeria and chair of Friends of the Earth International, and Severn Cullis-Suzuki, who became known as "the girl who silenced the world for six minutes" after she addressed delegates in Rio de Janeiro as a 12-year-old in 1992. Plus headlines, and more.

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Rio+20

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio 2012, Rio+20, or Earth Summit 2012 was the third international conference on sustainable development aimed at reconciling the economic and environmental goals of the global community. Hosted by Brazil ... Explore this topic

Severn Cullis-Suzuki

Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist, speaker, television host and author. 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. She is also the... Explore this topic

Earth Summit

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, and Earth Summit, was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992. In 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Develop... Explore this topic

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

In 2012 the United Nations will convene the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio 2012 or Rio+20, hosted by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, as a 20-year follow-up to the historic 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) ... Explore this topic

United Nations

The United Nations is the world's largest, foremost, and most prominent international organization. The stated aims of the United Nations include promoting and facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human r... Explore this topic

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city prop... Explore this topic

Plenary session

A plenary session is derived from the latin root plenarius meaning "full" or "absolute". It usually refers to a session in a conference which is open to all of attendant speakers, who may each contribute prepared or ad-hoc material. Plenary sessions are typically scheduled bot... Explore this topic

Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and the Latin America region. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population, with over 193 million people. It is the largest Lusophone coun... Explore this topic

Environment

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements. Environ... Explore this topic

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion, aired by more than 1000 radio, television, satellite and cable TV networks in North America. The award-winning one hour War and Peace Report is host... Explore this topic

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