GBM Blog
Hands off our Uhuru Park, green spaces a matter of life and death
Green spaces in cities increase property values and reduce crime and, according to the World Health Oganisation, enhance overall well-being.
Communities rehabilitate Saba Saba River by planting bamboo
With this bold initiative, the communities are optimistic that Saba Saba River will continue serving this region as it has for eons and therefore safeguard their livelihoods.
Up/Root the Podcast Interview with Wanjira Mathai: Chair, Wangari Maathai Foundation
As the daughter of Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai and Board member of the Green Belt Movement, she is carrying forward her mother’s work and is striving to preserve and honor her legacy.
Wangari Maathai: Marching with Trees
Maathai was steadfast in her determination to fight for the twin issues of conservation and human rights — and planting trees was a symbol of defiance.
The Queen Of Trees: Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai And The Rise Of The Green Belt Movement
She was beaten and impoverished, mocked and harassed, but also lived to see millions of trees planted, revitalizing villages and through those villages, a nation.
The woman who planted 50m trees (with a little help...)
Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Professor Wangari Maathai Feted on Wangari Maathai Day
This year, Professor Maathai’s relentless environmental conservation work was immortalized with the naming of a landmark international conference hall in her honor at the August 7th Memorial Park.
Restoring landscapes in partnership with ECOSIA
Last year, we planted 130,000 indigenous tree seedlings in this location and achieved over 80% survival rate.
Mau’s heart is growing colder by day; it has been tampered with
Seeking to curb the wanton destruction, the Green Belt Movement has been advocating for its protection as well as mitigating its obliteration by conducting tree planting exercises and community empowerment seminars on the need to protect this ecosystem.
Wangari Maathai song by Carli Muñoz
With a sense of near-reverence, Muñoz invokes Maathai to inspire action in a world that badly needs our care.
Pages
Blog Archives
- November 2019 (1)
- September 2019 (5)
- May 2019 (2)
- November 2018 (2)
- September 2018 (4)
- June 2018 (2)
- April 2018 (1)
- February 2018 (1)
- September 2017 (1)
- July 2017 (2)
- June 2017 (1)
- May 2017 (1)
- April 2017 (2)
- March 2017 (1)
- November 2016 (2)
- October 2016 (1)
- August 2016 (4)
- July 2016 (2)
- June 2016 (4)
- May 2016 (2)
- April 2016 (2)
- March 2016 (1)
- January 2016 (3)
- December 2015 (3)
- November 2015 (1)
- October 2015 (1)
- September 2015 (1)
- August 2015 (1)
- July 2015 (2)
- June 2015 (3)
- May 2015 (1)
- April 2015 (2)
- March 2015 (3)
- February 2015 (2)
- January 2015 (1)
- December 2014 (3)
- November 2014 (3)
- October 2014 (3)
- September 2014 (2)
- August 2014 (4)
- July 2014 (3)
- June 2014 (4)
- May 2014 (2)
- April 2014 (3)
- March 2014 (7)
- February 2014 (2)
- January 2014 (3)
- December 2013 (1)
- November 2013 (4)
- October 2013 (3)
- September 2013 (5)
- August 2013 (3)
- July 2013 (3)
- June 2013 (3)
- May 2013 (2)
- April 2013 (4)
- March 2013 (2)
- February 2013 (5)
- January 2013 (3)
- December 2012 (2)
- November 2012 (2)
- October 2012 (2)
- September 2012 (2)
- August 2012 (3)
- July 2012 (4)
- June 2012 (4)
- May 2012 (2)
- April 2012 (2)
- March 2012 (3)
- February 2012 (2)
- January 2012 (2)
- December 2011 (7)
- November 2011 (1)
- October 2011 (2)
- September 2011 (3)
- August 2011 (3)
- July 2011 (4)
- June 2011 (3)
- May 2011 (1)
- April 2011 (3)
- March 2011 (3)
- February 2011 (2)
- January 2011 (1)
- December 2010 (9)
- November 2010 (2)
- October 2010 (1)
- September 2010 (2)
- August 2010 (2)
- July 2010 (1)
- June 2010 (5)
- May 2010 (3)
- April 2010 (4)
- March 2010 (2)
- February 2010 (1)
- January 2010 (2)
- November 2009 (1)
