Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement
Written by Uzma Mirza Biographical Highlights Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) - a visionary environmental steward, a scholar, parliamentarian, scientist and the founder of the non-profit, non-governmental grassroots tree-planting campaign called the Green Belt Movement (GBM).
https://www.learningtogive.org/profiles/ltog/themes/custom/ltog_theme_plenty/favicon.ico
Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai/wangari-maathai-institute

Women’s Environment & Development Organization. Wangari Maathai http://wedo.org/?s=wangari+maathai

UNESCO Women in African History. Wangari Maathai https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/wangari-maathai

United Nations. United Nations Messenger of Peace https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/note6239.doc.htm

Films

Planting Hope - Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement.

Alan, Dater and Lisa Merton. Dir. Dater and Merton. Marlboro, 7-minute Documentary Film, 2008.

Taking Root - The Vision of Wangari Maathai. Dir. Alan Dater and Lisa Merton. Marlboro, Documentary, 2008.

This paper was developed by a student taking a Philanthropic Studies course taught at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.