“I don't believe [Africa] is ready to shift - and she needs to shift. So she needs to get the technology and she can only get that technology from the developed world.” WorldNeedsBelieveTechnologyReadyDon't Believe Author:Wangari Maathai
“The developed world should be willing to help [Africa] and support her and make this energy affordable.” WorldShouldHelpingEnergySupportWillingAffordable Author:Wangari Maathai
“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.” IfsProblemLeftBehindsEnvironmentActivityForestsBurningAtmosphereSooner Or LaterCarbonLeft BehindGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCharcoalLogging Author:Wangari Maathai
“I always did poetry, and [rap music is] pretty much hip-hop melody with poems.” Music IsHip HopRapHipsHopsMelodyRap Music Author:Tiffany Foxx
“One of the reasons why I say we all need to work together to save the Congo forest, because if we don't save the Congo forest, the Amazon forest and the southeast Asia forest, if those forests release the carbon they are trapping at the moment, much of what you will be doing in the North will be negated by the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere.” IfsNeedsReasonMomentsTogetherAmountForestsReleaseAtmosphereReason WhyWorking TogetherCarbonAsiaCongoAmazonSoutheast Asia Author:Wangari Maathai
“The issue of carbon is one area where we really need to work together and if people don't have the technology they need, that technology needs to be made available and affordable.” PeopleIfsNeedsMadeTogetherTechnologyIssuesAreasAvailableWorking TogetherCarbonAffordable Author:Wangari Maathai
“Not to toot my own horn, but I'm kind of easy on the eyes, I have my own swag, I love fashion, I'm not in a relationship, I don't have kids, I can rap and I have a very bold personality, so I can compete with the guys.” KindI CanEyeKidsGuyEasyMy OwnFashionPersonalityRapHornsSwagLove FashionI Love Fashion Author:Tiffany Foxx
“I do like to dress up. I am shapely, everything about me is real and I can rap.” I CanRealDressesRap Author:Tiffany Foxx
“I'm changing my flow up so much on every song that you're not going to be able to compare me to nobody but me.” AbleSongFlowCompare Author:Tiffany Foxx
“I gather that a lot of the "pots" in the great museum in Baghdad, which we allowed to be looted and then gutted, are now for sale to the highest bidder on the art and archeology black market. This is good capitalism, I guess, while a museum, being a public trust and accessible to all, is anticapitalist, pretty damn near socialist in fact.” ArtFactsBlackHighestCapitalismDamnMuseumsPotSocialistBaghdadPublic TrustArcheology Author:Ursula K. Le Guin