Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathaiwas a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholasticaand the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya...
NationalityKenyan
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 April 1940
CityNyeri, Kenya
CountryKenya
Wangari Maathai quotes about
development doe needs
We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.
ideas differences important
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.
earth
We can love ourselves by loving the earth.
fighting rights people
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.
teamwork men together
We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.
nature powerful government
We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.
giving-up generations earth
We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!
tree want way
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.
beautiful flower flames
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.
thinking competition management
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.
diversity needs earth
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. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process.
moving roots tree
For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all.
world might today
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.
creating people poverty
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.