Nobody in the world is completely dependent on another person, but we are all interdependent.

What a friend we have in a tree, the tree is the symbol of hope, self improvement and what people can do for themselves.

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

The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the loss of biodiversity and topsoil, accelerates, causing development efforts to falter.

There are certain areas where foreign investors can help the local people to generate wealth, and improve their quality of life. Some companies, for example, Del Monte, which produces pineapples in Kenya, pay a huge amount of taxes, I am sure, to the Kenyan government, and they do create jobs for thousands of locals.

If Africa is left behind, she is going to continue pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, especially carbon. She's going to continue logging the forests, she's going to continue burning charcoal, she is going to continue practicing agricultural activities that destroy the environment, and sooner or later Africa's problem will become a global problem.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!