It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict.
Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.
The living conditions of the poor must be improved if we really want to save our environment.
I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.
There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.
We all share one planet and are one hummanity, there is no escaping this reality.
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.
African women in general need to know that it’s OK for them to be the way they are – to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.
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.
We can love ourselves by loving the earth.
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.
We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!
We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.
We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.
We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.
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.
I am working to make sure we don’t only protect the environment, we also improve governance.
That’s the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.