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Al Jazeera English Uploaded on Jan 21, 2008 Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe As the Green Belt Movement in Africa grew, she became known as the Tree Mother. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect … Continue reading →

Link TV Uploaded on Oct 1, 2007 Journalist Mark Hertsgaard interviews 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai. The Honorable Professor Maathai is the first woman, the first Kenyan and the first environmentalist to win the prize. She was … Continue reading →

Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Uploaded on Sep 27, 2011 Prof Wangari Maathai delivering the 3rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in July 2005. May she Rest in Peace. Environmental Justice http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre145 Environment Ethics http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Concordia University·733 videos 1,622 4,933 19 2 Uploaded on Oct 20, 2009 Dr. Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan environmental, political activist and elected member of Parliament. She founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting … Continue reading →

Link TV Uploaded on Oct 1, 2007 Journalist Mark Hertsgaard interviews 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai. The Honorable Professor Maathai is the first woman, the first Kenyan and the first environmentalist to win the prize. She was … Continue reading →

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/9/29/nobel_peace_prize_right_livelihood_winner The Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died on Sunday at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer. In 1977, she spearheaded the struggle against state-backed deforestation in Kenya … Continue reading →

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/25/nobel_peace_laureate_wangari_maathai_if A new overview of research on global warming has found climate change is happening faster and on a broader scale than scientists projected in 2007. The new findings come in a week where the issue of global warming is … Continue reading →

She was the first African woman to receive the Nobel prize. Here is the extraordinary story of Wangari Maathai, one of the world’s most important ecologist.

(1929-2015) “When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the … Continue reading →