Positive 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 14
Peace 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... Wangari Maathai 12
Peace 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... Wangari Maathai 13
Peace In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between... Wangari Maathai 13
Lose I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests. Wangari Maathai 16
