Rigoberta Menchú, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the rights of indigenous people and resistance to military oppression in Guatemala.

She spoke recently about the disproportionate effects of global warming on the people of developing countries.  She fears that when water supplies are depleted, rich countries will use desalination and try to sell the water back to poor at a price they can’t afford  A Treehugger blogger who was in the audience wrote, “A focus on nature will come with a focus on one another and the common good we must achieve. Fixing the planet goes hand in hand with fixing ourselves.”