Meet Wangari Maathai, a true pioneer of environmental activism and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 🌍🌳 Her legacy lives on through the Green Belt Movement, empowering communities to make a difference.

#WangariMaathai #GreenBeltMovement #Sustainability

#Inspiration : Wangari Maathai, protectrice de l’environnement & femme politique🇰🇪

🌳Surnommée 'Mama Miti' (la mère des arbres), #WangariMaathai est connue entre autres pour avoir fondé le Green Belt Movement.

Elle est aussi la 1ère africaine à avoir reçu le #PrixNobel de la paix👏🏿

🌳 Planting seeds of change!

#WangariMaathai #NobelPeacePrize #Environment #Change #Inspiration #Legacy

Who is this person behind the story? 👇

Inspired and guided by the legacy of Wangari Maathai Fdn we march for a clean, safe and healthy environment for every Nairobi resident, wherever they may live, work or play
#NairobiPAMOJA

With every tree that you cut you are destroying hundreds of lives along with; their habitat, abode, food, almost everything one can imagine.
Happy International #ForestDay .

Wangari Maathai Fdn
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Dominic WALUBENGO
Kenya Forest Service
Mama Rachel Ruto, EGH

Birthday Gyal! #WangariMaathai

Celebrating Wangari Maathai, Nobel laureate and inspiring grandmother. She founded Kenya's Green Belt Movement, planting 51M+ trees and empowering communities. Her legacy? A greener world for future generations. 🌍✨ #InspiringGrandmothers2024 #WangariMaathai #EnvironmentalHer

Wangari Muta Maathai (1940 -2011) fue una destacada activista medioambiental, feminista y política keniana, reconocida por su trabajo en la promoción de la conservación del medio ambiente, los derechos de las mujeres y la democracia.

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Did you know about the 'Green Belt Movement'?

Founded by Wangari Maathai, this grassroots initiative in Kenya has planted over 51 million trees since 1977, combating deforestation and promoting biodiversity.

#GreenBeltMovement #WangariMaathai #Biodiversity

Lovely celebration of the incredible legacy of #WangariMaathai - the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

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Karura was buzzing!

#Environment #climateaction #Kenya

#8deMarzo en nuestro centro. Conmemoramos el #DiaDeLaMujer visibilizando a las #mujerescientíficas y que han trabajado para el #MedioAmbiente . Dentro de nuestro proyecto #GreenTomás . #JaneGoodall , #EdithFarkas , #EugenieClark , #WangariMaathai , #YnesMexia , y muchas más.

'In a few decades, the relationship between the ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES and CONFLICT may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.'
~Wangari Maathai Fdn

Rwaka River is taking back its space and as usual Nature is brutal when it fights back. Poor Drainage systems, occupied riparian land are the major causes of #flooding in Kenya today. Wangari Maathai Fdn

Be kind to nature...
#WangariMaathai

#upanziwamiti
#JazaMitiNaGava
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....✍️ #WANGARIMAATHAI

We need to honor what Wangari Maathai Fdn went through by letting Uhuru Park be Uhuru Park... #KenyaSafi
#ThankYouForYourService Wangari

Happy National Tree Growing Day to our #Kenya colleagues and partners! 🌱

“When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope. We also secure the future for our children.” ― #WangariMaathai

'African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.' Wangari Maathai #Happymothersday ❤️ #mothersday

5AV are doing some research before beginning to write our own Little People Big Dreams book about the inspirational Wangari Maathai. We can’t believe there isn’t one already! #harrowgateacademy #harrowgateenglish CLPE Wangari Maathai Fdn Quarto Kids Frances Lincoln Children's Books