Wangari Maathai was an environmentalist who believed that it is everyone's responsibility to make our world greener. Explain how students can play major
roles in promoting a 'greener world'. (Word limit: 50-75)
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In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement,[2][3] an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 1984, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "converting the Kenyan ecological debate into mass action for reforestation". Maathai was an elected member of the Parliament of Kenya and between January 2003 and November 2005 served as assistant minister for environment and natural resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki. She was an Honorary Councillor of the World Future Council.
Maathai died of complications from ovarian cancer on 25 September 2011.
Born
Wangarĩ Muta
1 April 1940
Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District, Kenya (then known as Nyeri, Kenya Colony)
Died
25 September 2011 (aged 71)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citizenship
Kenyan
Education
BSc: biology
M.Sc: biological sciences
Ph.D: veterinary anatomy
Alma mater
Benedictine College
University of Pittsburgh
University of Nairobi
Occupation
Environmentalist, political activist, writer
Known for
Green Belt Movement
Children
Wanjira Mathai
Awards
Right Livelihood Award (1984)
Nobel Peace Prize (2004)
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (2006)
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