We Can Love Ourselves By Loving The

Because I Was A Woman, I Was Vulnerable. It Was Easy To Vilify Me And Project Me As A Woman Who Was Not Following The Tradition Of A 'good African Woman.'

It Gradually Became Clear That The Green Belt Movement's Work With Communities To Repair The Degraded Environment Could Not Be Done Effectively Without Participants Embracing A Set Of Core Spiritual Values.

All Of Us Have A God In Us, And That God Is The Spirit That Unites All Life, Everything That Is On This Planet.

Disempowerment - Whether Defined In Terms Of A Lack Of Self-confidence , Apathy, Fear, Or An Inability To Take Charge Of One's Own Life - Is Perhaps The Most Unrecognised Problem In Africa Today.

The Way In Which We Can Promote Peace, Is By Promoting Sustainable Management Of Our Resources, Equitable Distribution Of These Resources, And That The Only Way You Can Actually Do That, Is That Then You Have To Have A Political, Economic System That Facilitates That. And Then You Get Into The Issues Of Human Rights, Justice, Economic Justice, Social Justice, And Good Governance Or Democratic Governance. That's How It Ties Up.