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Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Kenyan Activist
Born: Apr 1, 1940
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Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking. Wangari Maathai
You Water Plant Tree Dig Until Make Talking Survive Done Just Hole Thing
We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all. Wangari Maathai
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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. Wangari Maathai
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When you think of all the conflicts we have - whether those conflicts are local, whether they are regional or global - these conflicts are often over the management, the distribution of resources. If these resources are very valuable, if these resources are scarce, if these resources are degraded, there is going to be competition. Wangari Maathai
You Management Competition Valuable Think Local Resources Those Degraded Distribution Scarce Over Global Very Going Often Whether Conflicts Regional
For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all. Wangari Maathai
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There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting. Wangari Maathai
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We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment. Wangari Maathai
Our Destroy Promote Environment Development Does Need
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. Wangari Maathai
Environmental Today Relationship Democracy Peace Rights Conflict Few Human Rights Resources See Seem Environment Almost Between Obvious Decades May Human Connection
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa. Wangari Maathai
Nurture Important New Ideas Make Make A Difference New Ideas Any Africa Difference Which Initiatives
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame. Wangari Maathai
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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
Life Death Problem Matter Country Life And Death Facing Forests Man-Made Extinction
And so I'm saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now. Wangari Maathai
Saying Colonialism Ought Terrible Yes Legacy Moving Moving Away Wars Describe Now Away
We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible. Wangari Maathai
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You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. Wangari Maathai
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Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that. Wangari Maathai
God Time Doubt Living AIDS Others Say Immemorial Some Because Came Been Curse Cannot Monkeys
When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with. Wangari Maathai
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