The issue of carbon is one area where we really need to work together and if people don't have the technology they… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We do the right thing not to please people but because it's the only logically reasonable thing to do, as long as… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
If you make mistakes that is alright because we all make mistakes and we learn from those mistakes. You gain confidence from… — 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
If Africa is left behind, she is going to continue pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, especially carbon. She's going to continue… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I say we all need to work together to save the Congo forest, because if we don't… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Today with technological advancement, with the Internet, with planes, with the rate at which we travel - even if you wanted, you… — 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
Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever… — 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
I'm sure the government of Qatar is not coming in to grow food for the people of Kenya; it's coming to grow… — 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
I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It is very important for young people not to be afraid of engaging in areas that are not common to the youth.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why we started the Green Belt Movement is to work with these ordinary peasant farmers so as to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Those of us who witness the degraded state of the environment and the suffering that comes with it cannot afford to be… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The planet needs trees. If there is indeed that carbon dioxide out there in the atmosphere, the only species on the planet… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It goes to local authorities and even to members of Parliament so that individual citizens almost become people who want to sit… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
For example, they have land. The government of Qatar wants to lease the Tana River delta, which is in Kenya, from the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We refuse to share resources; we govern irresponsibly. If we are confident, if we have some of our cultural values, then we… — 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
