Planting the Seeds of Peace
I hope that the world our daughters help construct will continue to "plant the seeds of peace" -- from San Francisco to Nairobi and back.
I hope that the world our daughters help construct will continue to "plant the seeds of peace" -- from San Francisco to Nairobi and back.
Angella Nazarian | Posted 05.05.2012
My hope is that the stories of these visionary women present to us the flame of the passionate life, the knife of insight, and the courage to stand for what one sees without looking away.
Posted 12.21.2011
2011 was a monumental year in a lot of ways. Sadly, we lost many amazing minds and talents along the way. Here's a round of those we've lost, alo...
Atim Oton | Posted 12.28.2011
As an African woman, I declare: The Nobel Prize got it right, it celebrated three African Women. African Women are doing the work in the trenches. We often forget the doers and usually acknowledges the talkers.
Jackie Copeland-Carson | Posted 12.15.2011
Our past and our future converged as we laid to rest an international heroine of the Pan-African Movement, Wangari Maathai, and the world celebrated the contributions of our women leaders.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 12.12.2011
I left Iran early last time. Not because I wanted to, but because I couldn't breathe. It was mid-December 1999, and the air was heavy with a thick black smog.
Susan Davis | Posted 12.07.2011
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Leyman Gbowee and Tawakul Karman speaks to the crucial role women have played in securing peace in former conflict zones.
Turnstyle | Posted 11.30.2011
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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.29.2011
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Mia MacDonald | Posted 11.29.2011
Visionary founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai was an advocate in Africa and beyond for social justice, human rights, democracy, and peace.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.27.2011
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Michael Mungai | Posted 11.27.2011
Looking at her, I saw what could be the future of Africa if the world invested in the education and empowerment of African girls.
Jennifer Buffett | Posted 11.27.2011
In formally establishing the Green Belt Movement in 1977, Wangari was wise enough to see that for the disempowered, planting trees was in fact a radical act of self-assertion, a method of laying claim to the life-giving power of one small corner of the Earth.
Carl Pope | Posted 11.27.2011
Wangari Maathai died Sunday in Kenya. I have lost a dear friend, but the world has lost an amazing champion.
Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 11.27.2011
As the result of Maathai's work, tens of thousands of village women who had been taught to defer to chiefs, husbands, colonial authorities, multinational corporate marketers, and to disparage their own traditions and common sense gained courage.
Mark Tercek | Posted 11.27.2011
The loss of Wangari Maathai is a loss not just for the environmental community, but for the world as a whole.
Rev. Ruth Hawley-Lowry | Posted 11.26.2011
Though most Americans have never heard of her, I invite you to learn why so many of us in the world mourn today.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.21.2012
Wangari Maathai knew her country's wilderness was priceless. Still, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate -- who died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 71 --...
Kerry Kennedy | Posted 11.26.2011
Most people think of Wangari Maathia as an environmentalist, planting trees. In reality, her environmental activism was part of a holistic approach to empowering women, advocating for democracy, and protecting the earth.
Al Gore | Posted 11.26.2011
It is with great sadness that I learned today of Wangari Maathai's passing. Wangari overcame incredible obstacles to devote her life to service -- service to her children, to her constituents, to the women, and indeed all the people of Kenya -- and to the world as a whole.
AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA | Posted 11.26.2011
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's former president called her a mad woman. Seen as a threat to the rich and powerful, Wangari Maathai was beaten, arreste...
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011
UCLA Hammer Museum hosted a "Global Creative Forum" on February 22, bringing together United Nations representatives, environmental experts and entertainment industry leaders.
Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011
Tracking a large male lion (which we never overtook) behind a Maasai warrior/wildlife biologist brought home to me just how thoroughly Africa has scra...
Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski | Posted 05.25.2011
Advent waiting is the time of relinquishing our desire to have outcomes our way and on our schedule. Can we trust that what God has in store for us is worthier of wonder and awe than even our deepest hopes?
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
Richard N. Goldman, who co-founded the Goldman Prize, which gives annual awards to environmental activists on each of the six inhabited continents, died on Monday at the age of 90.
Hayden Bixby | Posted 05.27.2012