It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The living conditions of the poor must be improved if we really want to save our environment — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Once people see that you improve you life if you are educated, then education becomes a valuable tool and people want it. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
There are certain areas where foreign investors can help the local people to generate wealth, and improve their quality of life. Some… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Education is a very empowering experience, so many people who went to school also managed to improve their quality of life much… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Education of course is a very empowering experience, so many people who went to school also managed to improve their quality of… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed, to embrace… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The privilege of a higher education, especially outside Africa, broadened my original horizon and encouraged me to focus on the environment, women… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Having studied biology really helped me a lot because I quickly understand how biological systems work, and how they fail, and the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
As I swept the last bit of dust, I made a covenant with myself: I will accept. Whatever will be, will be.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Recognizing that sustainable development, democracy and peace are indivisible is an idea whose time has come... Today we are faced with a… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk! — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
What I am trying to say is that they need to learn to rely on themselves and to learn from other people, and when… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
If Africa is left behind, she is going to continue pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, especially carbon. She's going to continue logging the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married or not.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
As a scientist I cannot say we don't want to hear anything about GMOs, because these are advances in science. But I think its… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
Monsanto will not come empty-handed. Monsanto will come with a big bag of money. And because these governments are poor, when they are shown… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
