She’s 17 years old and calls bullshit at the Rio+20. What do you think of this?

plantedcity:

Speaking for the world’s 3 billion children: “Are you here to save face? Or are you here to save us?”

From TckTckTck via YouTube:

On Wednesday 20 June, 2012 17-year-old Brittany Trilford of Wellington, New Zealand addressed 130 heads of state at the opening plenary of the Rio+20 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is her speech.

#rio+20  #sustainability  #sustainable development  #ecosystems  #climate change  #brazil  #united nations  #new zealand  
∞  06/20/12 at 04:29pm via plantedcity
199 notes
  1. doktorgun reblogged this from kyuubeymon
  2. peopledontalwayssuck reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias and added:
    Watching this, it’s kind of horrifying to reflect on the things that I was passionate about at 17 years old.
  3. theyoungwitch reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  4. beyondhope reblogged this from desroubins
  5. desroubins reblogged this from wonkette
  6. wonkette reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  7. sieh reblogged this from climateadaptation
  8. canadamaple reblogged this from questionall
  9. ofstars reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
  10. on-thee-fence reblogged this from climateadaptation
  11. cheappoet reblogged this from angryvegan
  12. youcancallmejoey reblogged this from touchmytentacles
  13. bonefig reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias and added:
    I’m too cynical to believe our ‘leaders’ will actually listen, but give Brittany a TON of credit for what she said. My...
  14. touchmytentacles reblogged this from angryvegan
  15. angryvegan reblogged this from climateadaptation
  16. im-secretly-javert reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
  17. brokenhousebehindme reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
  18. batcountryword reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
  19. truth-has-a-liberal-bias reblogged this from climateadaptation
  20. pushanpan reblogged this from plantedcity
  21. mrgchampion reblogged this from plantedcity
  22. ignatzcat reblogged this from climateadaptation and added:
    Rad kid being rad.
  23. lawnguybri reblogged this from climateadaptation and added:
    Wish I had these kind of balls at 17.
  24. yoconquiste reblogged this from clarissehadwalkedhere