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Wangari Maathai Quotes
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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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a ‘good African woman’ and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
I am working to make sure we don’t only protect the environment, we also improve governance (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That’s what makes the differenc (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
Culture defines who we are and how we see ourselves. A new attitude toward nature provides space for a new attitude toward culture and the role it plays in sustainable developmen (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
Do not be naive. AIDS is not a curse from God to Africans or the black people. It is a tool to control them designed by some evil-minded scientists, but we may not know who particularly did it (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
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 Quotes)
It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
There will always be people who think that you have ambitions (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
Today with technological advancement, with the Internet, with planes, with the rate at which we travel - even if you wanted, you cannot hide from the rest of the world. And whether you like it or not, you are part of this global marketplace, and so you might as well understand it, you might as well embrace it, because even if you hide, it will find you (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
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 Quotes)
In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families. (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
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 Quotes)
It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture. (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind. (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
We refuse to share resources; we govern irresponsibly. If we are confident, if we have some of our cultural values, then we would be more committed to assisting our people out of poverty and creating an environment that can make it possible for our friends to assist us (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
Because I was a woman, I was vulnerable. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a ‘good African woman.’ (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
The people are starving. They need food; they need medicine; they need education. They do not need a skyscraper to house the ruling party and a 24-hour TV station (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
Education is a very empowering experience, so many people who went to school also managed to improve their quality of life much faster because they could get a job, they could get money. Once people see that you improve your life if you are educated, then education becomes a valuable tool and people want it (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I’m an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn’t do, certain ambitions that I should not entertain. That was a problem for me because I had never thought of myself as an African woman, never thought of myself as a woman to begin with. For me the limit was my capacity, my capability (Wangari Maathai Quotes)
The women of the Green Belt Movement have learned about the causes and the symptoms of environmental degradation. They have begun to appreciate that they, rather than their government, ought to be the custodians of the environment (Wangari Maathai Quotes)