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Quote by Wangari Maathai
In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation,

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

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I dont 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

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Its 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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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace. – Wangari Maathai

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