A book for all environmentalists
For anyone interested in environmental issues and/or Africa, I just finished read a wonderful book that I would love to share with you. It's called "Unbowed" and it's the autobiography of Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner from Kenya.
From very humble beginnings she managed to get an education and became the first East African woman to receive a PhD. From there, her life's work was to organize the Green Belt Movement which got poor rural women involved in raising tree nurseries and planting trees to reforest Kenya. Such a simple idea that has had a huge effect in Kenya and all around the world! Here's the website that has more info about the movement: http://greenbeltmovement.org/
I highly recommend this book for all of you to read. It's a very inspiring story about how one person's perseverance and passion can really changes lives.
From very humble beginnings she managed to get an education and became the first East African woman to receive a PhD. From there, her life's work was to organize the Green Belt Movement which got poor rural women involved in raising tree nurseries and planting trees to reforest Kenya. Such a simple idea that has had a huge effect in Kenya and all around the world! Here's the website that has more info about the movement: http://greenbeltmovement.org/
I highly recommend this book for all of you to read. It's a very inspiring story about how one person's perseverance and passion can really changes lives.
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