We all share one planet and are one hummanity, there is no escaping this reality.

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.

Passion begins with a burden and a split-second moment, when you understand something like never before. That burden is on those who know. Those who don't know are at peace. Those of us who do know get disturbed and are forced to take action.

I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly.

It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy because I'm educated in the West and I have lost some of my basic decency as an African woman.

As I swept the last bit of dust, I made a covenant with myself: I will accept. Whatever will be, will be. I have a life to lead. I recalled words a friend had told me, the philosophy of her faith. "Life is a journey and a struggle," she had said. "We cannot control it, but we can make the best of any situation." I was indeed in quite a situation. It was up to me to make the best of it.

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.