Category Archives: Wangari Maathai

Walk in Wangari’s Footsteps

September 28, 2011 – 3:58 pm

On Sunday the Earth lost one of her greatest champions, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Wangari Muta Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya. She passed away in Nairobi surrounded by her family. We are deeply saddened by her passing and feel blessed to have known her for nearly a decade. Wangari’s passing leaves it up [...]

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Welcome to Taking Root’s BLOG

December 10, 2009 – 5:01 pm

Please join me for an on-going discussion about the work of Wangari Maathai and how each of us can take actions toward environmental and social justice — in our own lives, our communities, and throughout the world. Taking Root was shown this weekend in Copenhagen at the Climate Conference with a Q & A afterward [...]

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