Catchword: mottainai

Filed under: English, Japanese, Environment

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Maathai, who is also an Assistant Environment Minister, urged the world to adopt “mottainai”, a Japanese term for reducing, reusing and recycling resources.

Article or document title:
“Campaign for debt relief, Maathai tells Africa” (URL)

Article, document, publication, web site:
The Standard

Publishing location:
Nairobi, Kenya

Date of publication:
Mar. 31, 2005

This catchword has yet to be researched.