Wangari Maathai’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
Read Wangari Maathai inspiring speech from 2004 in Norway.
Prof. Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. In its citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee noted Professor Maathai’s contribution to “sustainable development, democracy and peace.”
Giving a lecture on Climate ChangeOriginal Source: The Green Belt Movement
Prof. Wangari Maathai
The Committee further stated that Professor Maathai “stands at the front of the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development in Kenya and in Africa. She has taken a holistic approach to sustainable development that embraces democracy, human rights and women’s rights in particular. She thinks globally and acts locally.”
Nobel Lecture by Professor Wangari MaathaiOriginal Source: The Green Belt Movement
Prof. Wangari Maathai
You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.
Giving a lectureOriginal Source: The Green Belt Movement
Prof. Wangari Maathai
No matter who or where we are, or what our capabilities, we are called to do the best we can.
Professor Wangari MaathaiOriginal Source: The Green Belt Movement
Prof. Wangari Maathai
We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!
In the field posing for a shootOriginal Source: The Green Belt Movement
Prof. Wangari Maathai
When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.
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