Education for all - by Pustak Verma

  Unit- 7    Ecology and Development Foresters without Diplomas: by  Wangari Maathai About the author… Ø Wangari Maathai was a renowned Kenyan Social, environmental and political activist and the first black African woman to win the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate/crowned. Ø Born: April 1, 1940, Nyeri, Kenya Ø Died: September 25, 2011, Nairobi. Ø She received a Ph.D. at the University of Nairobi, effectively becoming the first woman in either East or Central Africa to earn a doctorate. Ø Maathai developed the idea that village women could improve the environment by planting trees to provide a fuel source and to slow the processes of deforestation. Ø She founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, an organization  had planted 30 million trees by the early 21 st century – the prime objective: to provide education ,  nature conservation and environmental improvement. Ø Her first book, “The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience (1988), detailed