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"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

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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."

"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:"You Strike The Woman..." by Priscilla Sears (1991)

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.

“What people see as fearlessness is really persistence.”

We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own—indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty, and wonder.

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