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...already a key instigator of conflict in areas like Darfur, where drought likely worsened by global warming helped trigger a civil war that has claimed over 200,000 lives. (Nor are Gore and the IPCC the first greens to win the Peace Prize; that would be the Kenyan Wangari Maathai, a conservationist and political activist who won in 2004.) As the IPCC's own reports this year show, unabated global warming will likely lead to competition for increasingly scarce resources and create waves of climate refugees in the hottest and poorest nations. A warmer world will almost certainly...
...WANGARI MAATHAI The Kenyan M.P., an environmentalist, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. I propose Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state. The choice is an inspiration, especially for girls, who can believe that one day they can make it. Her election lifts a cloud. I'd also select Costa Rica's President, Oscar Arias Sánchez, who has pursued peace in his region, and Burmese opposition leader and jailed dissident Aung San Suu Kyi, who is not breaking under pressure the rest of us will never have to face...
JILL KER CONWAY 1975 First woman president of Smith College, one of 12 women honored in 1975 I'd select Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. She is the most important woman in the environmental movement right now, single-handedly raising awareness of consequences of deforestation in Africa. The Kenyan government has persecuted, jailed and beaten her, but she has never deviated from her message...
Throughout the event, Maathai drew laughter and applause from the audience. Students said they were particularly impressed with her emphasis on environmental awareness...
...Maathai summed up her attitude towards activism at the close of her remarks, saying, “I’m doing the best I can, and that, friends, is all we can be called...