you go, girl

I heard Wangar Maathai on NPR this morning and was inspired by her thoughtful answer to a question about what folks will say about an environmentalist getting the peace prize. Her response was something to the effect of: The Nobel Committee has made a visionary decision in awarding the prize to someone who is looking at a pre-war [preventative] notion of peace, rather than a post-war [reactionary] viewpoint.

The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize accepted her award Friday to the beat of drums and dancers that broke with the usual stodgy ceremony, and urged her audience "to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder."

But Kenyan Wangar Maathai warned that if the environment is not protected, peace would forever remain endangered.