Today’s Green Thought comes from the first person to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) for environmental work, Wangari Maathai, who has just died (25 September 2011) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangari_Maathai
She was the inspiration behind the Green Belt movement, which has planted millions of tree in Kenya and other parts of Africa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Belt_Movement
'The tree is just a symbol for what happens to the environment. The act of planting one is a symbol of revitalising the community. Tree-planting is only the entry point into the wider debate about the environment. Everyone should plant a tree.'
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