I'm sure that many people who are involved in an environmental effort ... they will be pretty much encouraged by this recognition.

We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send children to school and provide health.

We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.

So GMOs, who knows? Maybe GMOs will come, they will get maize that produces double. But who knows what else may happen to the maize?

Once people see that you improve you life if you are educated, then education becomes a valuable tool and people want it.

Sometimes when I talk to little children I remind them of the fact that when I was growing up myself, I used to play with frog eggs and tadpoles and I used to walk in the field, I used to literally copy whatever my mother was doing on the land. And that may be the reason why I eventually developed the passion for green and for the Earth. So it is extremely important for adults and especially those who are in charge of cities to make sure that we do not lose touch with the land and with the environment. And especially our children.

I definitely hope to relax when I get back hope. I will disappear into the forest and be rejuvenated by the beauty of the mountains.