We Have A Responsibility To Protect The

And So I'm Saying That, Yes, Colonialism Was Terrible, And I Describe It As A Legacy Of Wars, But We Ought To Be Moving Away From That By Now.

I Stand Before You And The World Humbled By This Recognition And Uplifted By The Honour Of Being The 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As The First African Woman To Receive This Prize, I Accept It On Behalf Of The People Of Kenya And Africa, And Indeed The World. I Am Especially Mindful Of Women And The Girl Child. I Hope It Will Encourage Them To Raise Their Voices And Take More Space For Leadership.

The Issue Of Climate Change, It Really Does Bring Home The Fact That We Are On One Planet, And That Some Of The Impact Of What Human Beings Do In One Corner Of The World Is Going To Affect People In A Distant Corner Of The World. So We May Still Feel Very Far From Each Other, But We Are Really Very Close To Each Other Because Of The Changes We Have Made With Travel And Technology And Especially The Information Technology.

We Can Love Ourselves By Loving The Earth.

Until You Dig A Hole, You Plant A Tree, You Water It And Make It Survive, You Haven't Done A Thing. You Are Just Talking.