Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement, strived to reforest her country by paying women to plant trees. She exhibited many roles such as an environmentalist, feminist, politician, professor, and a human rights activist. Her mission through the Green Belt Movement was to fight erosion and create firewood fuel as women obtained jobs by tree planting. Her movement has planted over 30 million trees in Africa as well as helped about 900,000 women according to the United Nations. Dr. Maathai traveled the world, educating against environmental degradation and poverty. She described these two concepts as closely connected. Her inspiration stemmed from her upbringing in rural Kenya. To read her biography, key speeches, articles, books and learn about Wangari Maathai Institute check out the Green Belt Movement
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www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai
Trees for Wangari is a resource hub created by Gandhi Earth Keepers International (www.gandhiearthkeepers.org), based in Rochester, NY. This initiative is endorsed by the Green Belt Movement.