When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with.

— Wangari Maathai

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Themes

• Environment
• Tree
• Woman

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