I don't 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.

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.

Quite often when you help poor people, they don't think about the environment. They think about survival.

Nile perch is a fish that was introduced into Lake Victoria. The reason that fish was introduced into Lake Victoria was because it was decided that the people living near the lake needed more proteins than they were getting.

All through the ages the African people have made efforts to deliver themselves from oppressive forces.

The American government has spent a lot of money trying to reclaim, for example, the Everglades, and to allow the natural vegetation at the coastal areas to be restored because that was part of the vegetation that actually protected the hinterlands.

The living conditions of the poor must be improved if we really want to save our environment