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

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.

Yet now the industrialized world is moving away from fossil fuels and moving towards renewable sources of energy. And because we have not invested so much into education, we don't have the technology and sometimes we don't even have the capital to buy this technology.

It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.

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.

The people are learning that you cannot leave decisions only to leaders. Local groups have to create the political will for change, rather than waiting for others to do things for them. That is where positive, and sustainable, change begins.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.