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...Maathai has been developing her unique approach to social activism through environmentalism since 1976, when she joined the National Council of Women of Kenya...
...Maathai, social issues facing developing nations, including poverty and gender inequality, are intrinsically linked to the environment...
Professor and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai of Kenya charmed a large crowd gathered at Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) Friday afternoon with a speech detailing her experience as an environmental, social, and political activist...
...African Heroine I read with interest the TIME 100 list of influential people [April 18]. Thank you for including Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan Member of Parliament who won the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the environmentalist Green Belt Movement in her country. As your story noted, it isn't easy being green in the developing world. The showcasing of Maathai along with several other achievers from Africa will continue to inform the world that even though the political and economic steps of development are still being choreographed, Africa has the intellectual ability to promote the peaceful and economic fortunes...
...Korea against Japan stems from nationalism and economic jockeying for resources, but that's not why people mutilate themselves or jump from bridges. Edward Kim Fullerton, California, U.S. African Heroine I read with interest the Time 100 list of influential people [April 18]. Thank you for including Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan Member of Parliament who won the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the environmentalist Green Belt Movement in her country. As your story noted, it is not easy being green in the developing world. The showcasing of Maathai along with several other achievers from Africa will continue to inform...