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CONVERSATION BETWEEN WANGARI MAATHAI AND THE WOMEN OF AFRICA
CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE WOMEN OF AFRICA AND WANGARI MATHAI
Conversation between the Women of Africa and Wangari Mathai.
Wangari Mathai: Good morning, dear woman of Africa, let's plant trees for ourselves.
Women of Africa: Good morning Mathai mam, Ok, Let's plant but we don't know how to plant trees.
WM: Let's ask our foresters to teach us how to plant trees.
W: ut they were very complicated-they are
professionals.
WM: If so, Let's use our common sense. and just do what we do with other seeds.
W: Ok. Mam. What should we do first?
WM: Seeds of trees are like any other
seeds. There is no difference. Put the seeds even in old broken pots.
W: What should we do next , mam?
WM: They will germinate and these are the seedlings from the seeds. Take these plastic bags please.
W: What do we have to do with the plastic bags mam?
WM: Ylou should plant these seedlings in the plastic bags
W: When they grow half a meter, we could transplant them onto the fields.
WM: Very good, now you understood how to plant trees.
W: Thank you. Mam.
WM: You're welcome.