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"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."
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"In a climate changed world, it is a smart person who thins their trees so that the abnormally high winds can pass through them without damage."
"In a natural environment, nature controls the breeding cycles. In the man-made environment, abnormal environmental conditions control the unnatural breeding cycles."
"Any species that devours its natural environment will eventually fall victim to the resulting silence and I call the toxicity of silence: Extinction Silence."
"If you think that climate change and global warming are hoaxes, then you are easily fooled."
"Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero."
"For every drop of water you waste, you must know that somewhere on earth someone is desperately looking for a drop of water!"
"If you think that climate change and global warming are not going to affect you, then you are easily misled."
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"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."
"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
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"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."
"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
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