In tribute to Maathai's impressive legacy, take a look at these videos of some of her most important messages at conferences and conventions around the world.. ABOVE: Wangari Maathai talks through ...

Seven years ago Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but all throughout her 71 years she blazed a trail for the environment, women's equality, and human rights.

In the 1980s, Wangari Maathai led hundreds of mostly ... the United Nations Environment Programme and a close friend of Maathai’s, calls her “a dear sister and a great African.” ...

She was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, for her environmental efforts. Wangari Maathai continues to inspire new generations. Wangari Maathai's fight for the environment ...

NAIROBI, Kenya– Wangari ... Maathai, the Nobel committee said that she had stood up to a former oppressive regime – a reference to former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi – and that her ...

Wangari Maathai was an exceptional woman of perseverance, courage and conscience. Her contribution to humanity and the environment was deemed so extraordinary she became the first black African ...

before losing her seat. She survived over the years, she once told The Washington Post, by having “the thick skin of an elephant.” Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, a village in the ...

Born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940, Wangari Maathai — born Wangari Muta — loved playing by the stream near her home, where she would go daily to fetch water. The sight of frog eggs floating in the ...

Her loved ones were with her at the time." But those close to Prof Maathai including family, friends and colleagues say the state of her illness was a closely guarded secret, with details known ...

Wangari Maathai discusses her life and work at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday in Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., in a special event of Seattle Arts & Lectures and the North Cascades Institute.

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist who made it her mission to teach her countrywomen to plant trees and became Africa’s first female Nobel ...

The Vision of Wangari Maathai. Her death leaves it up to each one of us to carry a part of the load that she so gracefully and fearlessly carried during her life. I had the honor of attending ...