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. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#inspirational #inspirational

I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#call #care #god #got #i

We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#bequeath #children #conserve #environment #generation

It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#any #difference #ideas #important #initiatives

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. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#done #haven #hole #just #make

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#destroying #environment #fond #governments #including

I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#close #forests #i #jobs #know

All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#god #life #planet #spirit #unites

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

#degradation #environmental #families #fetch #firewood

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

#almost #between #conflict #connection #decades