The trees in Kenya are crying; the trees in Africa and around the world are sobbing. One of their keepers is gone. Their key preserver has left them and will be meeting mother earth.
Prof. Wangari Maathai, the renowned environmentalist, tree-planter and Africa’s first woman Nobel Laureate is gone. Her long-fought battle with cancer ended her breath this morning.
Her courageous and visionary spirit as well as her passion for a tree-filled world will be missed. She has done her bit, but will her bit continue to save the trees.
In the place of Oxygen, I see fear and anxiety oozing out of the stomata and lenticels of trees. Will they live again? Will their beauty and grandeur not be exchanged for shillings and dollars by environmental merchants?
Adieu says the oak, the baobao, the cypress and the millions of trees around the world. Adieu says the millions of creatures that find their abode in and around the trees.
We wished you could still be here with us for a little longer they all chorused. We will miss you they all echoed.
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