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	Wangari Maathai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Nyeri) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist.
		Maathai is also an elected member of Parliament and is currently the Assistant Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki.
		Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement — a grass-roots environmental lobby — in 1977, which has now planted over 30 million trees across the country to prevent soil erosion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wangari_Maathai (711 words)

	The Green Belt Movement \| About Wangari Maathai
		Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya, East Africa in 1940.
		Maathai was active in the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK) from 1976 to 1987 and was its chairperson from 1981 to 1987.
		Maathai was also listed in the UN Environment Program’s Global 500 Hall of Fame and in June 1997 she was named by the Earth Times as one of 100 people in the world that have made a difference in the environmental arena.
	gbmna.org /w.php?id=3 (623 words)

	An interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai \| By Amanda Griscom Little \| Grist Magazine \| Main Dish \| 15 ...
		Maathai is the now-legendary mother of the Green Belt Movement, responsible for mobilizing tens of thousands of women to plant a staggering 30 million trees across Kenya over the last three decades.
		In December 2002, Maathai was elected to the Kenyan parliament with an overwhelming 98 percent of the vote, and one month later was appointed assistant minister for environment and natural resources.
		They chatted about Maathai's belief that a healthy environment is the path to peace, her holistic vision for sustainable development, and her hopes and ambitions for the future of Africa and the world.
	www.grist.org /news/maindish/2005/02/15/maathai (2436 words)

	Wangari Maathai - Biography
		Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya (Africa) in 1940.
		Wangari Maathai was active in the National Council of Women of Kenya in 1976—87 and was its chairman in 1981—87.
		In December 2002, Professor Maathai was elected to parliament with an overwhelming 98% of the vote.
	nobelprize.org /peace/laureates/2004/maathai-bio.html (620 words)

	Green Belt Movemment - Wangari Maathai's Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wangari Maathai was active in the National Council of Women of Kenya in 1976 -87 and was it chairman in 1981-87.
		Maathai was elected to parliament with an overwhelming 98% of the vote.
		In 2005 Wangari Maathai was elected the Presiding Officer of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
	www.greenbeltmovement.org /biographies.php (710 words)

	Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977, which has planted more than 10 million trees to ...
		Wangari Maathai's husband ran for Parliament in the 1970s, and Wangari Maathai became involved in organizing work for poor people and eventually this became a national grass-roots organization, providing work and improving the environment at the same time.
		Wangari Maathai's husband divorced her in the 1980s, complaining that she was "too educated, too strong, too successful, too stubborn and too had to control." (quote from Encyclopedia of World Biography, 1999, Gale Group.) They had three children.
		In 1997 Wangari Maathai ran for the presidency of Kenya, though the party withdrew her candidacy a few days before the election without letting her know; she was defeated for a seat in Parliament in the same election.
	www.abarundi.org /cumlaude/Wangari_Maathai_Nobel_Price_2004.html (551 words)

	Amnesty International Women's Action Council Stop Violence Against Women Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wangari Muta Maathai is born in the fertile, forested lands of Nyeri, Kenya.
		Wangari Maathai is an active member of the National Council of Women of Kenya, serving as the chairman from 1981 – 87.
		Wangari Maathai becomes the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy, and peace as well as the Sophie Prize, the world’s foremost environment and development prize, established to acknowledge those working towards a sustainable future.
	women.amnestyusa.org /defenders/wangarimaathai.asp (708 words)

	Lantern Books - The Green Belt Movement
		Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940.
		Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement is a great example of how one person can turn around the lives of thousands, if not millions of others, by empowering others to change their situation.
		In December 2002, Wangari Maathai was elected by an overwhelming margin to Parliament, where she is the Assistant Secretary for Environnment, Wildlife, and Natural Resources in the democratically elected Kibaki government.
	www.lanternbooks.com /detail.html?id=159056040X (828 words)

	WANGARI MAATHAI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Nobel committee said Maathai was "a source of inspiration for everyone in Africa fighting for sustainable development, democracy and peace".
		Professor Maathai was arrested several times for her campaign against deforestation in Africa, and was once beaten unconscious by heavy handed police.
		Maathai was appointed Assistant Minister for Environment, Natural Resources and Wildlife in Kenya's ninth parliament.
	thebaw.tecbox.com /maathai (260 words)

	allAfrica.com: Kenya [interview]: Maathai: Change Kenya to Benefit People
		Maathai is also one of a new crop of MPs in Kenya, elected to parliament on the opposition National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) ticket.
		Maathai, a zoology professor and coordinator of Kenya's Green Belt Movement, easily won the Tetu parliamentary seat in Nyeri, the next-door constituency to the one retained by Kenya's new president and Narc leader, Mwai Kibaki.
		Maathai is also one of eight women (seven belonging to Narc) who, as one newspaper put it, "powered their way into Kenya's male dominated politics," by securing seats in what will become the country's new parliament.
	allafrica.com /stories/200301010093.html (2737 words)

	Wangari Maathai - Tree Woman of Kenya - African Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wangari Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940.
		He was given a divorce on the grounds that Wangari was "too educated, too strong, too successful, too stubborn, and too hard to control." Wangari has been denounced by women's groups and the Kenyan government for violating African traditions and not submitting to men.
		In 1998, Wangari brought on President Moi's wrath when she led a fight against the construction of luxury housing development in Karura Forest on the outskirts of Nairobi.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art16968.asp (576 words)

	The Green Belt Movement \| Home
		Wangari Maathai to Speak at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
		Wangari Maathai to Speak at University of South Florida, Tampa
		Wangari Maathai, the presiding officer of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the Africa Union (ECOSOCC), has announced the organization's first general meeting to be held on January 31, 2006.
	www.wangarimaathai.or.ke (528 words)

	Time for Kids \| Specials \| PERSON OF THE YEAR 2004
		Maathai, 64, is the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the prize since it was first awarded in 1901.
		Maathai was a professor for many years, but left that career to focus on the environment.
		Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940 and is the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree from the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
	www.timeforkids.com /TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,845558,00.html (230 words)

	Root Causes: An Interview with Wangari Maathai
		Maathai saw a direct connection between problems such as deforestation and soil erosion and the failures of Kenya’s one-party state.
		Maathai recalls this period with characteristic equanimity, maintaining she was never demoralized.
		Wangari Maathai spoke to MotherJones.com from New York, where she had started a short visit to the U.S. to celebrate her Nobel and promote her new book, The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience.
	www.motherjones.com /news/qa/2005/01/wangari_maathai.html (2496 words)

	The Genius of Wangari Maathai
		The first time we met Maathai was four years ago in an airy guesthouse beneath towering jacaranda trees on the outskirts of Nairobi.
		Maathai's genius is in recognizing the interrelation of local and global problems, and the fact that they can only be addressed when citizens find the voice and courage to act.
		Maathai saw in the Green Belt Movement both a good in itself, and a way in which women could discover they were not powerless in the face of autocratic husbands, village chiefs and a ruthless president.
	www.commondreams.org /views04/1014-32.htm (807 words)

	The Norwegian Nobel Institute - Nobel Peace Prize 2004
		Maathai stands at the front of the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development in Kenya and in Africa.
		We believe that Maathai is a strong voice speaking for the best forces in Africa to promote peace and good living conditions on that continent.
		Wangari Maathai will be the first woman from Africa to be honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize.
	www.nobelpeaceprize.org /eng_lau_announce2004.html (361 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Profile: Wangari Maathai
		Wangari Maathai rose to prominence fighting for those most easily marginalised in Africa - poor women.
		Maathai is a strong voice speaking for the best forces in Africa to promote peace and good living conditions on that continent.
		Mrs Maathai says she usually uses a biblical analogy of creation to stress the importance of the environment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3726084.stm (522 words)

	CNN.com - Maathai: Fighter for the forests - Oct 8, 2004
		Maathai argues that tree plantings slow desertification, preserve forest habitats for wildlife and provide a source of fuel, building materials and food for future generations to help combat poverty.
		In 1998, Maathai was severely beaten along with other members of the Green Belt Movement as the women attempted to plant trees in Karura Forest on the outskirts of Nairobi, according to a Time Magazine report.
		Maathai was made an assistant environment minister but says forest clearances continue and has threatened to quit the government.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/10/08/nobel.maathai.profile (655 words)

	Wangari Muta Maathai: Kenya's green militant.
		Maathai began to be active in the National Council of Women of Kenya in 1976 and it was through the Council that she launched a tree-planting project called “Save the Land Harambee” (a Swahili word meaning let’s all pull together).
		Maathai, who is a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament, has won 14 international awards, including the prestigious Right Livelihood Award.
		Maathai, a mother of three children, is currently involved in a struggle to save the 2,500-acre Karura forests, northwest of Nairobi, where the government wants to build housing complexes.
	www.unesco.org /courier/1999_12/uk/dires/txt1.htm (2920 words)

	Goldman Prize: Recipient Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Maathai began her efforts not only to help curb soil erosion, but also to help the burgeoning population become self-sustaining in its use of fuel wood and to create an income generating activity for rural communities.
		In the late 1980s Maathai led a courageous fight against the construction of a skyscraper scheduled for construction in the middle of Uhuru park, Nairobi's most important public space.
		Her vocal opposition to the location of the proposed complex led the government of President Daniel Arap Moi to label both Maathai and the Green Belt Movement "subversive." She was vilified in parliament and in the press and forced to vacate her office of ten years with twenty-four hours notice.
	www.goldmanprize.org /recipients/recipientProfile.cfm?recipientID=29 (385 words)

	Priscilla Sears - Wangari Maathai: "You Strike The Woman ..."
		Maathai is a striking, statuesque woman who gives the impression not only of strength but also of depth.
		Maathai describes the strikes against her, however, as "God-sent troubles." She says that through her education she came to see the difference between right and wrong.
		Maathai spoke of the need for a residential facility at the proposed Green Belt Center because many people from many countries want to come as interns.
	www.context.org /ICLIB/IC28/Sears.htm (1900 words)

	Kenyan's Painful Path to Nobel Peace Prize
		The first thing Wangari Maathai did when she regained consciousness was to call a press conference.
		Maathai had joined a long-planned protest by mothers of political prisoners calling for the release of their sons.
		The outspoken Maathai felt a responsibility to the jailed men, who had been locked up for the crime of speaking out for democracy in a country run by autocratic thugs.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/10/1019_041019_peace_prize.html (779 words)

	WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Kenyan Environmentalist Wangari Maathai Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
		Kenyan Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt tree-planting movement in Africa, has won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.
		Maathai was beaten and imprisoned during the rule of Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi for opposing his destructive environmental policies.
		Mrs Maathai celebrated by planting a Nandi flame tree in her home town of Nyeri, in the shadow of Mount Kenya.
	www.worldchanging.com /archives/001367.html (478 words)

	Wangari Maathai wins the Nobel Peace Prize (Norway - the official site in the United States) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wangari Maathai will be the first woman from Africa to be honored with the Nobel Peace Prize.
		Maathai’s unselfish efforts for the poor, for women’s rights, for the environment, for democracy and peace.
		“Wangari Maathai is a women of great personal courage and strong commitment, who has achieved remarkable results.
	www.norway.org /News/200405_nobel_peace_prize.htm (691 words)

	Kenya's 'Green Militant' Wins Nobel Peace Prize (washingtonpost.com)
		Maathai, the first African woman to win the prize, is known as "Kenya's Green Militant." She has championed the environment for more than 30 years on a continent where many people live close to nature but find it under increasing pressure from development, pollution and war.
		American-educated biologist Wangari Maathai, 64, speaks on the telephone to well-wishers near Nyeri, her home in the foothills of Mount Kenya.
		Maathai said in the interview that she survived critics by having "the thick skin of an elephant."
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A16977-2004Oct8.html (748 words)

	Democracy Now! \| Kenyan Environmentalist Wangari Maathai Wins Nobel Peace Prize
		Wangari Maathai rose to international fame for campaigns against government-backed forest clearances in Kenya in the late 1980s and 1990s.
		Maathai combines science, social commitment, and active politics, more than simply protecting the existing environment, her strategy is to secure and strengthen the very basis for ecologically sustainable development.
		Wangari Maathai was the first of the global leaders to say the health of our communities is the health of the planet.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=04/10/08/1530258 (1209 words)

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