Wanjira Maathai - The Green Belt Movement of Kenya | Bioneers
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Channel: Bioneers · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism
Wanjira Maathai is a resonate voice of the ‘New Africa.’ As the daughter of Wangari Maathai, the revered founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya and today a respected figure in government, Wanjira has taken on the work of vast tree plantings against deforestation and other environmental and community restoration projects that demonstrate some of the largest and most successful ecological and progressive social models in Africa. She approached the work as an exemplary woman leader in a movement that has been characterized by women’s leadership. This speech was given at the 2004 Bioneers National Conference. Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges.
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