Prof. Wangari Maathai at 80: Tree planter, Nobel Prize laureate, revolutionary

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Wangari Maathai would have been in her 80s today. She was the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first Eastern African woman to receive a PhD. Maathai died in 2011, but her legacy is very much alive – thanks, in part, to your Ecosia searches.

Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize for her political activism, and for founding the Green Belt Movement, Ecosia's reforestation partner in Kenya. Your searches are planting trees according to Prof. Maathai’s method. They are mostly planted around critical water sources, preventing erosion, and increasing both the quantity and the quality of the water.

For Wangari Maathai, however, planting trees was never just about restoring the water cycle. It was also about helping people – including the most marginalized – stand up for their human and environmental rights. Share this video to celebrate Wangari Maathai’s 80th birthday!
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Director & Producer Joshi Gottlieb (IG: @joshigot)
Creative director Sina Samavati (IG: @sinasamavati)
Script Joshua Gottlieb
Cinematographer Shane Thomas McMillan (IG: dokumentarian)
Archive images Marlboro Productions, takingrootfilms.com
Editing & post-production Sina Samavati
Motion graphics & animation Sina Samavati
Special thanks to The Green Belt Movement
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