Wangari Maathai

The environment is a source of life, not just a resource to be exploited.

We need to think globally and act locally.

The future is in our hands.

We must protect our forests, our rivers, and our oceans.

The environment is a gift, and we must cherish it.

I am a woman of the soil.

The environment is a mirror of our society.

We must teach our children to respect nature.

The environment is not a political issue; it is a human issue.

My work is about empowering people to take responsibility for their environment.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

In the course of history, there comes a time when challenges are so great that the only way to address them is to rise up and walk.

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.

It's a matter of survival for communities to have control over their own resources.

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are.

Democracy is not just elections. It is also about protecting the environment.

You have to empower women to be the solution.

The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin.

I learned that, when you bring the hearts and minds of women together, they are more powerful than any established power structure.

Trees are the lungs of the earth.