We must resist the notion that there is only one way to be a woman, one way to be African, and one way to be human. - Wangari Muta Maathai

There comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness . . . that time is now.

Trees are living symbols of peace and hope. A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky. It tells us that in order to aspire we need to be grounded...

Education, if it means anything, should not take people away from the land, but instill in them even more respect for it, because educated people are in a position to understand what is being lost. The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. As I told the foresters, and the women, you don't need a diploma to plant a tree.