Quite often when you help poor people, they don't think about the environment. They think about survival. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think some of these solutions are prepared in an office without a full understanding of the local situation. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty. But you… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
As a scientist I cannot say we don't want to hear anything about GMOs, because these are advances in science. But I… — 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
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
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
We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We think that diamonds are very important, gold is very important, all these minerals are very important. We call them precious minerals,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think [GMO] is one area where the is a need for legal regulations to make sure that companies - because at… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Now when Nile perch was introduced [into Lake Victoria], I don't think enough research was done; maybe it was done, maybe it… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When you think of all the conflicts we have - whether those conflicts are local, whether they are regional or global -… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly. — 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 or not.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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![“Now when Nile perch was introduced [into Lake Victoria], I don't think enough research was done; maybe it was done, maybe it was not. But Nile perch is a huge fish. So it ate all the little fish, and it grew into a monster which the local people could not fish with their little boats and their…” quote by Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ce8/wangari-maathai-2479_boat_now-when-nile-perch-was-introduced-into_2397172.jpg)
