勇敢為地球出聲的小孩——珊文．鈴木（視頻）

        
         珊文.古立斯.鈴木（Severn Cullis-Suzuki）的父親是世界知名的加拿大遺傳學家與環保人士戴維.鈴木博士（Dr. David Suzuki），熱心致力於環保工作並且成效卓著，曾榮獲「全球優秀領導獎」。珊文.古立斯.鈴木是世界上最傑出的青年環保鬥士之一，從年少時起，她就藉由發表演講、主持電視節目與寫作，以倡導環保，並力促大眾建立價值觀、所作所為都要想到未來，以及負起個人應盡的責任。

        1992年當珊文.鈴木12歲時（今年是2009年，17年過去了！），她自己籌錢到巴西的裏約熱內盧，在聯合國的地球峰會上，她做了5分鍾的發言。

       一開始大家覺得這隻是漫長會議中的另一場發言而已，隨著她大聲說出的每一句話，會場開始變得非常安靜。坐在聽眾席上的高官、重要人物、各國領導、科學家們，有的表情尷尬，有的似乎被什麽擊中，有的開始擦眼淚。還有更多的人，他們低下了頭，好象不知道該怎麽和這個小孩對視。

        一年後，她在中國北京獲得聯合國環境規劃署頒發的「全球五百精英榮譽獎」（Global 500 Roll of Honor Award）。

        2002年她主持數個電視節目，其中包括在探索頻道（Discovery Channel）播出的「鈴木自然探索節目」（Suzuki’s Nature Quest）。她和朋友於2002年在約翰內斯堡的聯合國世界高峰會議上，發表「承擔責任」（Recognition of Responsibility）的誓言，表達北美人民關懷環境的心聲。

Youtube鏈接：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2g473JWAEg

 

中文翻譯：

        「大家好，我是珊文.鈴木，代表兒童環保團體（E.C.O.；Environmental Children’s Organization）發言。我們是幾個十二三歲的加拿大小孩：Vanessa，Morgan, Michelle和我。我們自己籌錢，旅行了五千裏來這兒告訴你們大人，你們必須改變。我今天來這兒，沒有什麽隱藏的理由。我是在為我的未來抗爭。

        失去我的未來並不象輸掉一場競選，或者股市上的一些點數。我來這兒是為了所有未來的一代又一代。

        我來替世界上所有饑餓的小孩講話，因為他們的哭聲沒有人聽到。

        我來替地球上正在死去的數不清的動物講話，因為他們沒有地方可去。必須有人聽聽我們的聲音。

        我現在不敢出去曬太陽，因為臭氧層有破洞。我害怕呼吸空氣，因為我不知道裏麵有什麽化學成分。

        我曾經和爸爸一起在溫哥華釣魚，直到幾年前我們發現魚都得了癌症。現在每天我們都能聽到動物和植物滅絕的消息——它們再也回不來了。

        在我的生命裏，我夢想著看見大群的野生動物，看見到處是鳥和蝴蝶的熱帶叢林，但是現在我不知道我的孩子還能不能看到它們存在。

        你們象我這麽大的時候也需要擔心這些事情嗎？

        這些都在我們的眼前發生，可是我們卻假裝我們有無窮無盡的時間和辦法去解決問題。我隻是個小孩，我沒有解決這些問題的答案，但是我想要你們知道，你們也沒有！

        你們沒有辦法修補臭氧層的破洞。你們不能讓三文魚回到已經幹涸的河流，你們沒有辦法讓滅絕的動物重新出現，你們也無法讓已經變成沙漠的地方重新成為森林。

        如果你們沒有辦法去修補，就請不要再去破壞！

        在這裏，你們也許是政府的代表、商業人士、組織者、記者或者政治家，但你們也是父親和母親，兄弟和姐妹，叔叔和阿姨——而且，你們所有人都是你們父母的小孩。

        我隻是一個小孩，可是我卻知道我們都是一個大家庭的成員，這個家庭有五十億人，三千萬個物種，我們共享著同樣的空氣、水和土壤。國界和政府永遠也改變不了這個事實。

        我隻是一個小孩，可是我卻知道我們是一個整體，應該為了同樣的目標一起努力。

        我很生氣，但我不盲目。我很害怕，但我不怕把我的感覺告訴全世界。

        在我的國家，我們浪費太多，我們買了又扔掉，買了又扔掉，卻不肯分享給需要的人。甚至當我們擁有的已經太多的時候，我們還是怕會失去財富，不願與人分享。

        我隻是一個小孩，可是我卻知道如果所有花在戰爭上的錢都被用來終止貧窮、找尋環境問題的答案，這個地球會變成多美好的地方！

        在學校，甚至是在幼兒園，你們就教我們要做個乖孩子。你們教我們不要打架，要謙讓，要尊重別人，要清理弄髒的地方，不要傷害動物，要分享，不要自私。

        那你們為什麽卻在做著不讓我們做的事？

        不要忘了你們為什麽來參加這些會議，為誰來參加——我們是你們的孩子。你們在決定著我們在什麽樣的世界裏成長。父母在安慰孩子的時候應該能說"一切都會好的""我們正在盡力"和"這不是世界末日"。但是我想你們再也說不出這些話了。你們真的還把我們放在頭等重要的位置嗎？我爸爸總是說："你所做的才代表了你，而不是你所說的。"

        你們所做的事情，讓我在夜晚哭泣。你們大人說你們愛我們。我懇請你們，言行一致。謝謝。

英文：

        “Hello, I am Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O - the Environmental Children’s Organization. We are a group of 12 and 13 year-olds trying to make a difference, Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me. We’ve raised all the money to come here ourselves, to come 5,000 miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming up 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.”

        “I am here to speak for all generations to come. I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard. I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet, because they have nowhere left to go. I am afraid to go out in the sun now, because of the holes in our ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air, because I don’t know what chemicals are in it. I used to go fishing in Vancouver, my home, with my Dad until, just a few years ago, we found a fish full of cancers. And now we hear of animals and plants going extinct every day, vanishing forever. In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.”

        “Did you have to worry of these things when you were my age? All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if we have all the time we want and all the solutions. I’m only a child and I don’t have all the solutions, but I want you to realize, neither do you. You don’t know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer. You don’t know how to bring the salmon back up a dead stream. You don’t know how to bring back an animal now extinct. And you can’t bring back the forest that once grew where there is now a desert. If you don’t know how to fix it, please stop breaking it.”

        “Here you may be delegates of your governments, business people, organizers, reporters or politicians. But, really, you’re mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles and all of you are someone’s child. I’m only a child, yet I know we are all part of a family, 5 billion strong, in fact 30 million species strong. And borders and governments will never change that. I’m only a child, yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal.”

        “In my anger, I am not blind and in my fear I am not afraid of telling the world how I feel. In my country we make so much waste, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, buy and throw away and yet Northern countries will not share with the needy. Even when we have more than enough we are afraid to share, we are afraid to let go of some of our wealth. In Canada , we live the privileged life. We’ve plenty of food, water and shelter. We have watches, bicycles, computers and television sets. The list could go on for 2 days. Two days ago here in Brazil , we were shocked when we spent time with some children living on the streets. This is what one child told us, ‘I wish I was rich and if I were, I would give all the street children food, clothes, medicines, shelter and love and affection’. If a child on the street who has nothing is willing to share, why are we who have everything still so greedy? I can’t stop thinking that these are children my own age, that it makes a tremendous difference where you are born. And that I could be one of those children living in the favelas of Rio . I could be a child starving in Somalia , or a victim of war in the Middle East or a beggar in India . I am only a child, yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on finding environmental answers ending poverty and in finding treaties, what a wonderful place this earth would be.”

        “At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us how to behave in the world. You teach us to not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others and to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not be greedy. Then, why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do? Do not forget why you are attending these conferences, who you are doing this for. We are your own children. You are deciding what kind of a world we are growing up in. Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying ‘Everything is going to be all right, it’s not the end of the world, and we are doing the best we can’. But I don’t think you can say that to us anymore. Are we even on your list of priorities? My dad always says, ‘You are what you do, not what you say’. Well, what you do makes me cry at night. You grown-ups say you love us. But I challenge you, please, make your actions reflect your words. Thank you.”