Earth Week: Wangari Maathai

  For years beginning in the 1970s, Wangari Maathai planted trees to help rural woman, their families and environment thrive. Called the Green Belt Movement, her work resulted in 30 million trees by the time she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She was a vibrant, beautiful person who would dig in the earth with her hands as she planted each tree. Dedicated to the connection between ourselves, communities and the environment, she was called The Woman of Trees.