Wangari Maathai
Born
in Tetu division, Nyeri District, Kenya, Kenya
April 01, 1940
Died
September 25, 2011
Genre
More books by Wangari Maathai…
“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.”
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“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. Recognizing that sustainable development, democracy and peace are indivisible is an idea whose time has come”
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“The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.”
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