Posts Tagged ‘deforestation’

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The Green Belt Movement: Planetary Self-Defense

by Amanu Kaiju on October 17th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, BE THE CHANGE

The Green Belt Movement (GBM) of Kenya was put to motion in 1977 by the late Nobel Peace Prize winning Professor Wangari Maathai and the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK). Their mission of reforestation provides defense against environmental degradation as well as empowerment for rural women. As Professor Maathai states, “the planting of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Deforestation Exacerbates Somali Famine

by The Lipstik Activist on October 12th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, CLIMATE CHANGE-GLOBAL WARMING

A Somali child undergoing treatment at a refugee facility in Kenya. The famine in the Horn of Africa has reached epic proportions but the Center for International Forestry and Research (CIFOR) report that this could have been easily avoided. Thanks to deforestation practices occurring within the region the famine has struck low income and agriculturally […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Kenyan Environmentalist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai Dies At 71

by Madam Toussaint on September 26th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: GREEN, CLIMATE CHANGE-GLOBAL WARMING, GREEN, NATURE

You raise your consciousness to the point where you must do the right thing. -Wangari Maathai Wangari Maathai died on Sunday after a long struggle with cancer at the age of 71. The Right Livelihood Award winner also became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1977, she organized rural women […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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THE RAINS OF HAITI

by Madam Toussaint on March 2nd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Posted In: GREEN, PEOPLE

Photo Credit: Getty Images PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI-Feb. 28: Residents of the Tapis Vert internally displaced persons camp navigate the mud and sewage after overnight rains soaked the tent village February 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tapis Vert, which means large green lawn in French, is normally used as a football pitch but is now home to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Haiti’s Lack Of Trees Could Lead To Post Earthquake Landslides

by Madam Toussaint on January 19th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Posted In: GREEN, PEOPLE

I didn’t go out yesterday but it rained in New York City. After a conversation with my mom, who got back from Haiti only a few days before the earthquake, I considered what it would be like if it rained in Haiti yesterday. I’ve spoken of my love of trees and what they mean to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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