He said "Today, the entire planet celebrates World Wildlife Day. But in Africa, March 3rd is also Wangari Maathai Day. Professor Maathai began by herself, planting one tree at a time. She rose to fame ...

Actor Mark Ruffalo, known for his environmental activism as much as his acting chops, has been a vocal supporter of green ...

From left: Joy Mboya, Lilian Beauttah, Zani Gichuki and Esther Segero. These women are turning timber into Kenya's next ...

Wangari Maathai, winning the Nobel Peace Prize ... Beginning nearly half a century ago, throughout the 80s, 90s and 2000s, with the Green Belt Movement, she mobilised local communities to plant trees ...

Wangari Thiongo was over the moon after receiving her new gift, a Mercedes Benz C-Class that is worth millions The mother of two could not hide her joy as she showed it off, saying she could not ...

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Today we fight to drink the same quality water,” says Dorceta Taylor, who was named the Wangari Maathai professor of environmental justice at Yale University’s School for the Environment in 2024. The ...

According to her website, Wangari, 43, is “that woman who, in a room, will be having animated conversations peppered with hearty laughter”. It goes on to describe her as a person who thrives ...

Lord Byron, poet 54. “Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” —Wangari Maathai, political activist 55.

Jan. 9, 2025 — A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results ...