“Trees we plant today are forests we enjoy tomorrow.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When the air is angry, we have hurricanes.
When the water is angry, we have typhoons.
When the land is angry, we have earthquakes.
When the sky is angry, we have thunderstorms.
When the universe is angry, we have death.

When the air is happy, we have warmth.
When the water is happy, we have springs.
When the land is happy, we have rivers.
When the sky is happy, we have rain.
When the universe is happy, we have life.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If modern environmentalism continue on the current path of wilding the city, future urban dwellers might as well live in tree houses, for all the difference it will make.”
― Archimedes Muzenda, Dystopia: How The Tyranny of Specialists Fragment African Cities

“One who picks fruit is forgotten quickly, but one who plants trees is remembered enduringly.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When you preserve streams,
you preserve rivers.
When you preserve rivers,
you preserve lakes.
When you preserve lakes,
you preserve seas.
When you preserve seas,
you preserve oceans.
When you preserve oceans,
you preserve the world.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“People can heal themselves, and also during that process they can work together and focus on healing the planet.”
― Andrew Lutts, How to Live a Magnificent Life: Becoming the Living Expression of Higher Consciousness

“Here is a very simple law of our world: We help nature; and nature helps us! Very simple! We protect nature; and nature protects us! Nice friendship!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The environmental movement of the 21st century created a new path to sustainability for cities, the path of wilderness.”
― Archimedes Muzenda, Dystopia: How The Tyranny of Specialists Fragment African Cities

“If we take care of our trees,
our trees will take care of us.
If we take care of our animals,
our animals will take care of us.
If we take care of our land,
our land will take care of us.
If we take care of our world,
our world will take care of us.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A clean pond is more useful than a dirty ocean.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If flowers can clean the air,
and bacteria can clean the water,
and ants can clean the land,
we too can clean our world.

Land is our gift.
Water is our blessing.
Air is our fortune.
Life is our reward.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If Earth is your mother, nature is your brother and humanity is your sister.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you can appreciate the sky,
you can appreciate the stars.
If you can appreciate the stars,
you can appreciate the universe.
If you can appreciate the universe,
you can appreciate nature.
If you can appreciate nature,
you can appreciate people.
If you can appreciate people,
you can appreciate God.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“I can't make my peace with people who cannibalise the land in the name of saving it.”
― Paul Kingsnorth, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays