From an interview with Jeffrey Brown in 2005: Thirty years ago, Wangari Maathai had a simple idea: To plant trees.  mothernaturenetwork: Wangari Maathai, savior of trees, diesMaathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died Sunday after a long struggle with ovarian cancer.

From an interview with Jeffrey Brown in 2005:

Thirty years ago, Wangari Maathai had a simple idea: To plant trees. 

mothernaturenetwork:

Wangari Maathai, savior of trees, dies
Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died Sunday after a long struggle with ovarian cancer.

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