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The World We Once Lived In: Penguin Green Ideas
[Paperback - 2021]
wangari maathai
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Category: Science
Sub-category: Environment
Additional Category: Philosophy
Publisher: Penguin Uk | ISBN: 9780141996936 | Pages: 80
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In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.From the Congo Basin to the traditions of the Kikuyu people, the lucid, incisive writings inThe World We Once Lived Inexplore the sacred power of trees, and why humans lay waste to the forests that keep us alive.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

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Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, 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, and in 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” Maathai was an elected member of Parliament and served as Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki between January 2003 and November 2005.In June 2009, Maathai was named as one of PeaceByPeace.com's first peace heroes.Until her death, Maathai served on the Eminent Advisory Board of the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA).Maathai died on 25 September 2011 in Nairobi while receiving ovarian cancer treatment. She was 71.Selected publicationsThe Green Belt Movement: sharing the approach and the experience (1985)The bottom is heavy too: even with the Green Belt Movement : the Fifth Edinburgh Medal Address (1994)Bottle-necks of development in Africa (1995)The Canopy of Hope: My Life Campaigning for Africa, Women, and the Environment (2002)Unbowed: A Memoir (2006)Reclaiming rights and resources women, poverty and environment (2007)Rainwater Harvesting (2008)State of the world's minorities 2008: events of 2007 (2008)The Challenge for Africa (2009)Replenishing the Earth (2010) ISBN 978030759114more info athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangari_...

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