Category - Wangari Maathai

Discover the thoughtful Quotes of Wangari Maathai, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history. Motivational Quotes of Wangari Maathai
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Wangari Maathai Women

When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with.

– Wangari Maathai

Positive Wangari Maathai

It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.

– Wangari Maathai

Peace Wangari Maathai

When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources.

– Wangari Maathai

Fear Strength Wangari Maathai Women

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.

– Wangari Maathai

Environmental Peace Relationship Wangari Maathai

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.

– Wangari Maathai

Environmental Food Wangari Maathai Women

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.

– Wangari Maathai

Education Knowledge Technology Wangari Maathai

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

– Wangari Maathai

Death Wangari Maathai

It’s a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.

– Wangari Maathai

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