You Cannot Enslave A Mind That Knows

If Africa Is Left Behind, She Is Going To Continue Pumping Greenhouse Gases Into The Atmosphere, Especially Carbon. She's Going To Continue Logging The Forests, She's Going To Continue Burning Charcoal, She Is Going To Continue Practicing Agricultural Activities That Destroy The Environment, And Sooner Or Later Africa's Problem Will Become A Global Problem.

We All Share One Planet And Are One Hummanity, There Is No Escaping This Reality.

Using Trees As A Symbol Of Peace Is In Keeping With A Widespread African Tradition. For Example, The Elders Of The Kikuyu Carried A Staff From The Thigi Tree That, When Placed Between Two Disputing Sides, Caused Them To Stop Fighting And Seek Reconciliation. Many Communities In Africa Have These Traditions.

I Think What The Nobel Committee Is Doing Is Going Beyond War And Looking At What Humanity Can Do To Prevent War. Sustainable Management Of Our Natural Resources Will Promote Peace.

Yet Now The Industrialized World Is Moving Away From Fossil Fuels And Moving Towards Renewable Sources Of Energy. And Because We Have Not Invested So Much Into Education, We Don't Have The Technology And Sometimes We Don't Even Have The Capital To Buy This Technology.