Key Speeches & Articles
Professor Maathai gave many speeches and wrote many articles over the years, a selection of which is listed below. For press releases, statements, and interviews issued by and conducted with the Green Belt
Movement and Professor Maathai, please visit our news section.
Speech/Article | Date |
Statement given at the opening of the high level segment of UNFCCC: COP 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark | September 22, 2009 |
Keynote address at the Second World Congress of Agroforestry in Nairobi, Kenya | August 24, 2009 |
An African Future: Beyond the Culture of Dependency An article written for Open Democracy Magazine | April 2, 2009 |
Sustained Development, Democracy, and Peace in Africa in Gwangju, South Korea | June 16, 2006 |
Rise Up and Walk Speech during The Third Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg, South Africa | July 19, 2005 |
Inaugural World Food Law Distinguished Lecture in Howard University, Washington DC | May 10, 2005 |
The Challenge of AIDS in Africa article in Nairobi, Kenya | December 12, 2004 |
Nobel Lecture during the Nobel Piece Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway | December 10, 2004 |
The Cracked Mirror article written for Resurgence magazine (UK) | November 11, 2004 |
Speak Truth to Power This article is taken from Speak Truth to Power, a book on activists around the world and edited by Kerry Kennedy | May 4, 2000 |
Bottlenecks to Development in Africa in Beijing China | August 30, 1995 |