There Are Opportunities Even In

We Need To Promote Development That Does Not Destroy Our Environment.

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.'

One Of The Reasons Why We Started The Green Belt Movement Is To Work With These Ordinary Peasant Farmers So As To Educate Them That, Despite The Fact That They Are Poor, It Is In Their Interest To Protect The Soil That They Have, To Protect The Forest They Have, To Protect The Land That They Have, Because If They Don't Do It, Things Can Be Only Worse Tomorrow For Them For Them And For Their Children.

I Definitely Hope To Relax When I Get Back Hope. I Will Disappear Into The Forest And Be Rejuvenated By The Beauty Of The Mountains.

Recognizing That Sustainable Development, Democracy And Peace Are Indivisible Is An Idea Whose Time Has Come... Today We Are Faced With A Challenge That Calls For A Shift In Our Thinking, So That Humanity Stops Threatening Its Life-support System. We Are Called To Assist The Earth To Heal Her Wounds And In The Process Heal Our Own - Indeed, To Embrace The Whole Of Creation In All Its Diversity, Beauty And Wonder.