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| Critics Question Peace Prize for Environmentalism |
| 10.13.04 (11:11 pm) [edit] |
In Wartime, Critics Question Peace Prize for Environmentalism
New York Times, October 10,2004
"OSLO, Oct. 9 - The decision by the five-member Nobel Committee to award this year's Nobel Peace Prize to an environmental activist prompted some prominent Norwegians to criticize the selection, saying the effectiveness of the prize in promoting peace, enhancing security and ending conflicts could be diluted."
I congratulate Wangari Maathai for her ongoing work in women's rights, peace and the environment.
Despite the criticism against Maathai, primarily known for her work as an environmental activist as this years selection for the Peace Prize, I applaud the Nobel Committee for thier insight.
We need to bring light to the fact that it is women who do the work of peace all over the world every day. It is the main task of women to raise and educate the children, to cook and collect water, to create communities where they live.
And it is the environment which provides not only our basic needs of fresh air and water, but also the fuel to cook meals or drive our SUV's to McDonalds.
Let Peace be defined by how we live rather than how we fight or end our wars.
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