GBM Blog Archive: August 2010

Going The Extra Mile...

August 20, 2010 - 10:00AM
Published by Hannah Smith

The Green Belt Movement International Team are joining up with The Rainforest Foundation UK and dusting off their running shoes on 5th September to run 10km to raise money for our tree planting projects in Kenya… and we need your help!

Education and Inspiration: Growing Trees for Peace

August 3, 2010 - 01:30PM
Published by Kathryn Gelder

Last summer, GBM shared the story of two kindergarten teachers and the kind hearts of their students with the blog entry, “Big Trees Come From Small Seeds.” At that time, we were writing metaphorically about the power of Professor Maathai and the Green Belt Movement to inspire these small seeds, these young schoolchildren learning about peace. Now, we are honored to announce that the story is also literally true. As Jane Schumer, one-half of the amazing peace team at Daniel Warren School in Mamaroneck, New York, writes, “I am proud to tell you that the dream that Connie Levin and I had in building a Wangari Tree Nursery at our school is now a reality.”