Wangari Maathai says that those who control the country's resources, control the country. But it seems that the link between the environment and political power is so infrequently made?

Why is this? Throughout history and the present, people have died to get land, people died to keep land. Is the environment just something that happens around us or does it hold the greatest source of power?

There is a great poster of Maathai standing tall in front of a tree, done as part of the International Women of Hope poster set. There is a Teacher's Guide of how to use the poster as well. The comment on it is: "The myth of male superiority can only be demolished with shining examples of female achievement."