The Nobel Prize gives me an opportunity to discuss these issues that I have been working on for 30 years. I have been talking until I am hoarse. It has also given me the opportunity to speak to a large audience of people. This I find very very wonderful. Kenyans were really happy, from the president to the people in the villages. Everyone was really, really happy. I found it very difficult to deal with those emotions, so I hurried to get a tree, dug a hole, and planted it. I think it is important for us not to equate the tree as a tree to peace. What I would like people to understand [is] the tree is a symbol. A lot of wars that we are fighting on the planet today have to do with these national resources. The campaign tries to empower the grass roots, women, then every person in the community to do something about their environment. The tree for me is hope, it is the future. When I look at the tree I see promise. It starts from a seed. Eventually it becomes a huge tree. It becomes an ecosystem in itself. It is a home for other species. It is a symbol of many things. A tree is everything to me.