Wangari Maathai

Kenyan · 1940–2011

Kenyan environmental and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement and became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

“It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.”
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“In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness.”
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