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GBM Founder and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai
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GBM has joined the Size of Wales initiative, which is uniting organisations from around the world, to protect and reforest two million hectares of tropical forest. For our American supporters, this is an area roughly the size of 24 New York Cities!
We need YOUR help to get this project under way!
This campaign is only running for February and our aim is to raise £4,000 or $6,300. Size of Wales has pledged to match every donation given so we can be twice as productive and plant twice the number of trees! GBM’s project will support communities living near Mount Kenya to plant 8000 trees.
Further information on this campaign and how to donate can be found here.
All the trees planted will contribute to GBM’s ‘‘I am a hummingbird’’ campaign, which aims to plant 1 Billion trees to honour the memory of Professor Wangari Maathai.
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Green Belt Movement staff recently returned from the 17th UN Climate Change Summit (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa. GBM urged negotiators to prevent catastrophic climate change, and demonstrate a real commitment to standing indigenous forests and climate justice for Africa. Our assessment of the outcomes of the talks can be read here. GBM shared its practical experience of implementing forest carbon projects, highlighting the challenges that rural communities have faced, in well-received report aimed at policy and decision makers.
Keep up-to-date with the latest information from the Green Belt Movement on our news and blogs pages. We're also on Facebook and Twitter.
This campaign is only running for February and our aim is to raise £4,000 or $6,300. Size of Wales has pledged to match every donation given so we can be twice as productive and plant twice the number of trees! GBM’s project will support communities living near Mount Kenya to plant 8000 trees.
Further information on this campaign and how to donate can be found here.
All the trees planted will contribute to GBM’s ‘‘I am a hummingbird’’ campaign, which aims to plant 1 Billion trees to honour the memory of Professor Wangari Maathai.
Green Belt Movement staff recently returned from the 17th UN Climate Change Summit (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa. GBM urged negotiators to prevent catastrophic climate change, and demonstrate a real commitment to standing indigenous forests and climate justice for Africa. Our assessment of the outcomes of the talks can be read here. GBM shared its practical experience of implementing forest carbon projects, highlighting the challenges that rural communities have faced, in well-received report aimed at policy and decision makers.
Keep up-to-date with the latest information from the Green Belt Movement on our news and blogs pages. We're also on Facebook and Twitter.
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About Us
Who We Are
This is the official website of the Green Belt Movement (GBM) and its founder, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Professor Wangari Maathai.
This is the official website of the Green Belt Movement (GBM) and its founder, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Professor Wangari Maathai.
What We Do
GBM provides income and sustenance to millions of people in Kenya through the planting of trees. It also conducts educational campaigns to raise awareness about women's rights, civic empowerment, and the environment throughout Kenya and Africa.
GBM provides income and sustenance to millions of people in Kenya through the planting of trees. It also conducts educational campaigns to raise awareness about women's rights, civic empowerment, and the environment throughout Kenya and Africa.
How to Get Involved
There are many ways to contribute to our work. Make a donation directly to GBM. Find out more about our Green Belt Safaris. Or buy Wangari Maathai’s books.
There are many ways to contribute to our work. Make a donation directly to GBM. Find out more about our Green Belt Safaris. Or buy Wangari Maathai’s books.
Unbowed
In her autobiography Unbowed, now available in paperback, Wangari Maathai explores her roots and the challenges she faced in an inspiriting message of hope and prosperity through self-sufficiency. Available in the U.S. || U.K. || Italy || Japan || Netherlands || Spain || France || Finland || Greece || Germany.
In her autobiography Unbowed, now available in paperback, Wangari Maathai explores her roots and the challenges she faced in an inspiriting message of hope and prosperity through self-sufficiency. Available in the U.S. || U.K. || Italy || Japan || Netherlands || Spain || France || Finland || Greece || Germany.
Wangari Muta Maathai, 1940-2011
It is with great sadness that the family of Professor Wangari Maathai announces her passing away on 25th September, 2011, at the Nairobi Hospital, after a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with cancer. Her loved ones were with her at the time.
Professor Maathai's departure is untimely and a very great loss to all who knew her - as a mother, relative, co-worker, colleague, role model, and heroine; or who admired her determination to make the world a more peaceful, healthier, and better place.
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