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December 16, 2004

Kenyan environmentalist earns Nobel Peace Prize

A nice segue from yesterday's post. Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the Green Belt Movement - a reforestation project that has planted over 20 million trees throughout Africa. Why the Nobel Peace Prize? Maathai is not alone in her belief that many of the world's wars are waged over natural resources (e.g. the Middle East, Darfur).

Posted by Jason at December 16, 2004 8:09 PM