Tweets [1] keep flowing in honor of Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai [2], a Kenyan environmental and political activist who died last week [3] after a battle with cancer.
Wangari will be accorded a state funeral, @CapitalFM_kenya reports:
@CapitalFM_kenya [4]: President #Kibaki has announced that Prof Wangari #Maathai will be accorded a State Funeral; flags to fly at half mast tomorrow and Friday
[5]Wangari Maathai. Image by Flickr user e pants (CC BY 2.0).
@echoinggreen shares a quote from Wangari Maathai:
@echoinggree [6]: “..there comes a time when…we have to shed our fear & give hope to each other. That time is now.” – Wangari Maathai #heros #bebold
Where is my signed copy of Wangari's book?:
@GeeBrunswick [7]: I am so vain…frantically looking for my signed copy of Dr #WangariMaathai's book.
Rest in Peace Prof. Wangari Maathai:
@mbuguanjihia [8]: Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” — Mark Twain Rest in Peace Prof Wangari Maathai.
Sad…
@waithash [9]: #WangariMaathai Sad and worse is the fact that I never heard of her illness. @kenyangetter #cancer
Kenyans will plant trees next month in her honor:
@K24Tv [10]: Kenyans will be planting trees at the Karura forest on Saturday Oct 1st between 10am – 5pm in honour of the late Great Prof.#WangariMaathai
It is the little things we do that will make the difference:
@OfficialKimora [11]: “It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.” RIP #WangariMaathai #Africa
@RobertAlai says:
@RobertAlai [12]: Nairobi river should be cleaned in honour of Wangari Maathai.
@StateDept says:
@StateDept [13]: #SecClinton: Wangari Maathai understood the deep connection between local and global problems, and helped give ordinary citizens a voice.
Best tribute to Wangari Maathai:
@missbwalya [14]: Best tribute to Wangari Maathai – “She came. She battled. She won.”