The Greenbelt Movement Kappreccia Davis Grantham University The Greenbelt Movement Wangari Maathai is a smart and courageous woman she has helped her community and inspired the world in so many ways. She has helped the environment become much stronger and heathier so her people can leave better and won’t have to suffer. In my essay I’m going to talk about how she helped them and what work she did to make the environment better place to live.to make the forest more sustainably and how the
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I think that the first thing that needs to be done to help combat world hunger is education. People in developed countries need to realize that hunger is a problem. As they always say‚ acceptance is the first step. However‚ this obviously won’t be fixing any problems. But I think first is to devise a way to limit our waste. We currently have so much food that is just thrown away. It’s inevitablethat not all food will be saved: some will be thrown away‚ but if we could utilize more of this food into
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As Nelson Mandela said once “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”My goal is to ensure and provide quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for as many kids as i can. In sub-Saharan Africa‚ the literacy rate is 59%‚ 41% of the kids and adults can’t read a book on a day to day basis like we can in America.. Africa has one of the worst literacy rates in the world. Africa is also one of the most poorest country in the world. Not only does
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CASE ANALYSIS: INDONESIA-THE TROUBLED GIANT I. Time Context Indonesia is a large country in the Southeast Asia. It has been in steady growth economically under the leadership of Suharto but experiencing unfair treatment by the government as the president favors those of his colleagues in many aspects. Due to Asians financial crisis debt of considerable value has been incurred and lead to economic downturn. Recovery was in 2004‚ upon inauguration of a democratic president but wasn’t enough to answer
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Paul Ehrlich- He specialized in Conservation Biology‚ Evolutionary Biology‚ Ecology‚ Coevolution and Population Dynamics. He also alerted the public about issues concerning population‚ resources and the environment. Paul and his wife founded the Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior and later received honorary degrees such as the Gold Medal Award of the World Wildlife Fund International‚ and the Blue Planet Prize in 1999 John Muir- He was a naturalist‚ explorer and a writer that lived in the glaciers
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The Need to Improve Agricultural Extension for women farmers in Kenya KENYA • A country in East Africa lies on the equator • It is a poor and developing country • Land Area: 580‚000 km2 • Capital: Nairobi • Population: A little over 43 million residents • Climate: warm and humid • Language: Swahili & English • GDP (2011): Total - $71.427 billion; Per capita - $1‚746 • Agriculture and Service are the greatest contributor to its GDP The Problem in Kenya The Role of a Solid Agricultural
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Definitions According to the environmental courts act in Kenya‚ environment means the totality of nature and natural resources‚ including the cultural heritage and infrastructure essential for social-economic activities (environmental and land court act‚ 2011). The environment ca also be defined as the biotic and a biotic surrounding of an organism‚ or population‚ and includes particularly the factors that have an influence in their survival‚ development and evolution Environmental resource
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slavery. Mother Teresa‚ the Catholic nun dedicated her life to helping the poor and those who were sick. She was even awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf‚ in 2006 took office as the President of Liberia. And Professor Wangari Muta Maathai‚ an African scientist and political activist has been credited for establishing the Green Belt Movement. “The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is an environmental organization that empowers communities‚ particularly women‚ to conserve the environment
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Here are twenty things that you can do to change people’s lives‚ yourself‚ and the world. These are in no particular order. 1 – Adopt – Adopting someone is one of the greatest things you can do. You’ll change your life and someone else’s. Adopt a baby‚ a child‚ or a teen. By being adopted they’ll always know that there is truly kind people in the world and they’ll pay it back to society. 2 – Just Be Nice – This is something EVERYONE can do‚ you don’t need any money or any talent. Hold the door
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years the amount of trees in the world has been dwindling considerably to point that it has been affecting multiple areas. In one area of the world this was taking a drastic hit on the land. In 1977 a woman from Nairobi‚ Kenya named Professor Wangari Maathai realized this‚ and she took charge to fix this issue. The way she went about fixing the issue of so many trees being cut down was by founding the program called “The Green Belt Movement” (Unattributed‚ 2006). When The Green Belt Movement began
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