GO GREEN PRAIA

[Abel Tavares]

I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TRANSFORM OUR CITY BEFORE OUR EYES TO MAKE IT BETTER IF WE START NOT ONLY LOOKING TOWARDS BUILDINGS DEVELOPMENTS BUT ALSO WITH MORE VEGETATIONAL,RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ...

[ruth margaret correia]

EXCELENTE IDEIA A PRAIA É NOSSA E NÓS É K A TEMOS DE FAZER

[Amilcar Aristides]

nice, tell me about, contacts. who's doing this. looks great!!!

[Anicia Tavares]

Wangari Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, an environmentalist, a civil society and women's rights activist, and a parliamentarian.
Her quotes:
On receiving the news of being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 2004
“It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over them would not then occur…so, protecting the global environment is directly related to securing peace…those of us who understand the complex concept of the environment have the burden to act. We must not tire, we must not give up, we must persist.”

From a statement entitled, “Fears that Threaten Our Unity,” Nairobi, 2003
“As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more important than service.”

Rededicating herself to the fight to save Karura Forest, Nairobi, 2001
“I have invested 20 years of my life in this campaign for the environment and I’m still only scratching the surface. I am confident of winning. Nobody will build anything [in the forest] as long as we live. We cannot dignify theft.”

On the occasion of the mini-Beijing Women’s Conference, Nairobi, 1995
“In the world there is a new collective force of people mobilising around the issue of peace but linking it to the need to protect the environment. But we must assert our collective vision and responsibility to shape that peace not only for our country but also for the whole of Africa.”

From a speech at Radcliffe College, Harvard University, USA, 1994
“The women of the Green Belt Movement have learned about the causes and the symptoms of environmental degradation. They have begun to appreciate that they, rather than their government, ought to be the custodians of the environment.”

At a political forum during the climax of political multipartyism in Kenya, 1992
“We have come a long way from ignorance to deep insight, from fear to courage and from the streets to Parliament. We moved from self to others, from ‘my issue’ to ‘our issues’, from home to communities, from national level to global. Now we embrace the concepts of our common home and future.”

On receiving the UN Africa Prize for Leadership, 1991
“It is not as if leaders do not understand the impact of the unjust political and economic systems which are promoting environmental degradation and promoting a non-sustainable development model. When will such business be considered unacceptable in the world community?…Africa’s challenges are being tackled at different levels, and some successes have been recorded. But not fast enough. The concepts of sustainable development, appropriate development models, and participatory development are not foreign. We are aware that our children and the future generations have a right to a world which will also need energy, should be free of pollution, should be rich with biological diversity and should have a climate which will sustain all forms of life.”

[Amilcar Aristides]

n gosta txeu di partilhas i nkre fla ma li na terra dja nu sta xinti txeu problemas ku ambienti. primeru pamo duranti monti tempu nunka nu pensa na protegel dipos pamo gosi ki mundu sta deskobri nos riquezas dja nu kumesa inton ta kaba ku el. Na terra poku praia teni areia i na mar tubaron ku tartaruga sta ta panhadu tudu. Pena pá.

Kel inisiativa di planta arvi e interessanti pa anda un bokadu pa tras i fazi kusas ki ta dura pa frenti.

kampion!!

[Anicia Tavares]

Pontos interessantes estes que apontaste Amilcar.Realmente se nao tomarmos consciencia e cuidarmos das riquezas naturais que temos (por falta de conhecimento), o nosso futuro sera muito diferente do que nos todos imaginamos. O mundo inteiro esta a ficar mais consciente de como "usar" as riquezas naturais, por que nao sermos um exemplo tambem? Temos de proteger nao so o nosso planeta, como o nosso pais, para que nao so nos, mas os nossos filhos e netos possam beneficiar do que nos desfrutamos. Temos que defender e preocuparmo-nos com o nosso futuro. Muitos nao acreditam que estamos a destruir o unico lar que possuimos (o planeta terra). Outros nao estao nem ai por que pensam que o que nao nos afecta pessoalmente nao merece a nossa atencao, mas o que falham em perceber e que o mundo esta cada vez mais interconnectado e que o que antes nao nos afectava por estar do ouro lado do mundo, hoje afecta-nos directamente, pessoalmente,financeiramente e espiritualmente.
Enfim eu estou decida a dar a minha contribuicao incondicional para que o Project Go Green Praia concretize os seus objectivos, seja um exemplo e motive muitos outros como nos.
May we have a lot of green in our lives.