In celebration of the “Green” Olympics in Beijing, I agreed to be a torch bearer to honor and support the athletes of the world who demonstrate the triumph of the human spirit.

Listen to Wangari Maathai speak to David Frost about Kenya on Al Jazeera.

Amnesty International have organised a day of public and online action to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Kenya and call on the Kenyan government to protect people from politically-motivated and ethnic violence.

Wangari Maathai's autobiography is now available, auf Deutsch. Entitled, Afrika, Mein Leben: Erinnerungen einer Unbeugsamen, the publisher is Dumont, and can be ordered here.

Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai has called on the leaders of the Group of Eight nations to address security in Africa at their upcoming summit in Japan to prevent corrupt leaders from squandering valuable re-sources which can be used to develop the continent's war-battered and impoverished regions.

In celebration of the “Green” Olympics in Beijing, I agreed to be a torch bearer to honor and support the athletes of the world who demonstrate the triumph of the human spirit.