Wangari Speaks Out

by Wangari Maathai

Book Overview

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman and first environmentalist to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1977 in Kenya, she started the Green Belt Movement. Wangari's goals had been to use tree planting to restore the environment while providing income and resources to African women. The group's objectives broadened to the protection of human and environmental rights, civic education, and the promotion of democratic values...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 177306956X
• ISBN13: 9781773069562
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7