The next "Reel Fims for Real Women" will feature the 2008 documentary film "Taking Root The Vision of Environmentalist Wangari Maathai," from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in the Meadows Community ...

In October 2004, environmental activist Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor that has sparked the publication of this expanded edition of her slim treatise, ...

Nowhere in Wangari Maathai’s official biography as founder of the Green Belt Movement is there mention of a song written to honor her environmental work. But there is one. In late October of 2006, ...

On October 8, 2004, Wangari Maathai was travelling to Tetu constituency as she always did every Friday to work with the constituents over the weekend. Green Belt Movement and Wangare Maathai ...

BRATTLEBORO — Windham World Affairs Council and Latchis Arts Spotlight Series present the award-winning film, "Taking Root," the story of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya and its founder Wangari ...

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Not everyone was happy when Wangari Maathai won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai, who died Sept. 25 at 71, was the first African woman to win a Nobel, chiefly for her work creating the Green Belt ...

Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement empowering local women to plant trees. It spread to other African countries and led to the planting of over 30 million trees. Show more In 2004, the ...

Dorceta Taylor, a pioneering scholar who has dedicated her career to dismantling barriers and fostering inclusivity within the environmental movement, has been appointed the Wangari Maathai Professor ...

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