Culture Is Coded Wisdom

For Example, They Have Land. The Government Of Qatar Wants To Lease The Tana River Delta, Which Is In Kenya, From The Kenyan Government, So That They Can Produce Food There. People In Kenya Need Food. We Have People Who Have Studied Agriculture. Why Is It That If We Really Need Food, We Cannot Go Into The Delta And Develop Our Own Food?

It Is Evident That Many Wars Are Fought Over Resources Which Are Now Becoming Increasingly Scarce. If We Conserved Our Resources Better, Fighting Over Them Would Not Occur ... Protecting The Global Environment Is Directly Related To Securing Peace. Those Of Us Who Understand The Complex Concept Of The Environment Have The Burden To Act. We Must Not Tire, We Must Not Give Up, We Must Persist.

I'm Sure The Government Of Qatar Is Not Coming In To Grow Food For The People Of Kenya; It's Coming To Grow Food To Sell. If It Can Also Sell To The People Of Kenya, Well, Then Good. I Think That The Moves Can Be Helpful, But I Think That The History That Africa Knows, As I Say In My Book, Has Been A History Of Exploitation.

In Kenya, One Of Our Biggest Exports Is Coffee. Where Do You Grow Coffee? You Grow Coffee In The Land. To Be Able To Grow Coffee You Need Rain, You Need Special Kinds Of Soils That Are Found On Hillsides, And That Means You Have To Protect That Land From Soil Erosion So You Don't Lose The Soil. You Also Want To Make Sure That When The Rains Come You're Going To Be Able To Hold That Water And Have It Go Into The Ground So That The Streams And The Rivers Keep Flowing And The Ground Is Relatively Humid For These Plants.

We Have A Responsibility To Protect The Rights Of Generations, Of All Species, That Cannot Speak For Themselves Today. The Global Challenge Of Climate Change Requires That We Ask No Less Of Our Leaders, Or Ourselves.