Courtney Daily Book Review AAAS 351 Due 12/08/11 Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai Unbowed was written to tell the captivating life story of Wangari Maathai. Maathai was a woman from Kenya who struggled against oppression due to her gender‚ ethnicity‚ and political belief. This woman achieved many first for the women of Kenya. She established the international Green Belt Movement‚ earned her Ph. D‚ and was the first African woman and environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This
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imagine what’s happening if there are billions of people out there doing something. Just imagine the power of what we can do.” - Hon. Prof. Wangari Maathai “Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that‚ wherever we are‚ we can make a contribution.
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Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement Grantham University Written By: Shanice Brooks Green Belt Movement Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement has planted over 40 million trees all over Africa. Wangari Maathai was the first African women to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to sustainable development‚ democracy‚ and peace and founded of the Green Belt Movement offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa. Wangari is loved by the people and she gain
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Wangari Muta Maathai was born in 1940 to a farming family in the highlands of Mount Kenya in Nyeri‚ Kenya. At a young age‚ Maathai became interested in Environmental Sciences. In 1964‚ she obtained a Biological Sciences degree from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison‚ Kansas. She went on to earn a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1966. After receiving her Master of Science degree‚ she became the first woman from her region to obtain a Ph.D. from the University of
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Maathai played outside in the forest with tadpoles and many other gifts of nature. From a very young age‚ it is evident that she was destined to do more with nature than play around in it. The journey of Wangari Maathai began on the day she was born‚ in the countryside of Kenya on April 1st‚ 1940. She is a child of soil‚ when a child is born in Kenya it is very special not only to the family‚ but to nature as well. There is a tradition in Kenya when a child is born‚ the women would go to their farm
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Throughout history many people have devoted their life to promoting and protecting people’s human rights. One of whom was Wangari Maathai. She devoted her life towards bettering the environment of her native land‚ Kenya. Maathai was an environmentalist who developed the Greenbelt Movement. She was also known as a women’s rights advocate and she received many awards. Some of which were the Nobel peace prize in 2004‚ legion d’Honneur‚ France’s highest award in 2006 and in 2005 she was named one 100
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In Wangari Maathai’s speech at the World Forum‚ she explored the idea of the mass waste of resources from the wealthy‚ and it is not being used efficiently if it was used wisely then the world crisis will be solved. Maathai believed that if the resources were not wasted massively‚ it will end poverty. As the wealthy’s riches are depleting‚ humans forget to address the real problems of the world. In the speech‚ Maathai stated that the reason there is no peace is because the world focuses on conflicts
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Wangari maathai was an extraordinary woman and activist because of her lifelong dedication to the environment. Wangari Maathai watched as her homeland forestation in Kenya‚ Africa was drastically disappearing acre by acre because of factories. In response‚ she started the Green Belt Movement. Her mission was to create a more sustainable livelihood for the community by making the land a more greener place‚ and what better way to make the world greener than to plant trees. Green Belt Movement communities
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many of the following questions as you can: What was the most valuable part of the readings and study material for you this week? After watching the YouTube video “Taking Root the Vision of Wangari Maathai” and going through the Maathai readings‚ it made me realise how much I have to be grateful for. Wangari and the other women had nothing‚ but they fought for what they believed in- even though women were looked down upon in Kenya at that time‚ that did not stop her/them from continuing with her/their
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Unbowed: a memoir; Character Study As the author‚ Wangari Maathai tells us “The experiences of childhood are what mold us and make us who we are. How you translate the life you see‚ feel smell and touch as you grow up—the water you drink‚ the air you breathe and the food you eat—are what you become.” (Page 52) It is no surprise given this way of thinking that the people in our childhood also make an enormous impact on our lives‚ especially our parents. Wangari’s father‚ Muta Njugi‚ was named
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