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The solutions to climate change must recognize the disproportionate impact of climate change on the world's poor and the important role of women in managing key resources, including forests. This was the message delivered by Nobel Laureates Wangari Maathai and Jody Williams in meetings yesterday with US legislators and a public dialogue that brought together more than 400 environmental activists, researchers and representatives of international development groups.

Avoided Deforestation Partners Avoided Deforestation was honored to host a lunch and round table on the urgent need for the U.S. Congress to take the lead on integrating International Forest Protection in U.S. Climate Policy. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai headlined as the keynote speaker. Professor Maathai spoke about the urgent need for the U.S. to adopt policies that will protect the world’s rainforests and the communities whose lives depend on their continued existence. Dr. Maathai was followed on stage by eminent environmental, science and business leaders, all of whom shared concerns that the U.S. Congress must act soon if we are to advance one of the most critical and achievable climate change solutions.

Join colleagues who share a global grantmaking perspective for a reception and dinner hosted by the Council on Foundations’ International Committee. Professor Wangari Muta Maathai, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, will be the featured speaker A separate registration is required to attend this event.

Sleeping Lady Foundation presents Dr. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner. The Nobel Committee awarded Dr. Maathai the prize “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” In addition, Dr. Maathai was awarded the 2007 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. Dr. Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, www.greenbeltmovement.org, a grassroots organization in Kenya that helps women’s groups grow and plant trees to conserve and improve the environment as well as their own quality of life. Green Belt Movement has helped women plant more than 30 million trees on their farms, on school grounds, and on church compounds, transforming degraded landscapes and restoring habitat for local biodiversity. A noted environmentalist and Nobel Laureate, she takes a holistic approach to sustainable development by embracing democratic principles, community development, human rights, and women’s rights in particular.

The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace," Dr. Wangari Maathai has become one of the most influential global activists of our time. Founder of The Green Belt Movement - a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization of women who combat deforestation and soil erosion by planting trees - Professor Maathai takes a holistic approach to sustainable development that embraces democracy, community development, and human and women's rights. She combines science, social commitment and active politics to do more than simply protect the existing environment: Prof. Maathai's strategy is to secure and strengthen the very basis for ecologically sustainable development. A former dissident and political prisoner, Prof. Maathai was elected to parliament in 2002 and now serves as Deputy Minister of Environment.

Join us as we advocate ideas to preserve our most vital
natural resources and bring awareness of becoming
ecologically active to the African American
Community. Areas of focus will be energy
conservation, recycling and tree planting. An
eco-village with interactive arts and crafts
will be available for children.

On April 24, Dr. Wangari Maathai Sc.D.’94, P ’94, P ’96 will speak in the Smith Opera House at 7:30 p.m. The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of The Green Belt Movement, Maathai is an international authority on sustainable development, human rights and activism.

Through The Green Belt Movement, Maathai worked to organize women’s groups to plant trees, conserve the environment and empower themselves by improving their quality of life. She helped plant more than 30 million trees on farms as well as school and church compounds across Kenya. Similar initiatives have been launched in Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Lesotho, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe among other places.

Nobel Peace Laureate Wows Nobles

Haggai Kipsat '08, Dr. Maathai, Jon Auerbach '60
Dr. Wangari Maathai, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her extraordinary work in spearheading The Green Belt Movement, told the Nobles student body Wednesday: The message from the Nobel Peace Prize selection committee in 2004 is that “this prize is not only for world leaders but also for ordinary people. A woman from Africa can make a difference…Little people have little voices, but through persistence, vision and commitment” a grass roots movement can accomplish miracles.

goodwood plant a tree

In honor of Earth Day, ABC Home launched ‘goodwood plant a tree’. For each goodwood furniture purchase, ABC will plant a tree with The Green Belt Movement’s Carbon Poverty Reduction Program, an effort to measurably reduce global warming by planting 5 billion trees in the next 50 years.
Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, led an important discussion with other socially responsible leaders and visionaries entitled Natural Links between our Environment, Democracy, Human Rights and Peace to honor Earth Day and address critical and timely issues.

Tickets: $15, Members $13.95. To be introduced by Eleanor Sterling, Director of the Museum’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. Tickets available at 212-769-5200 or amnh.org

This event is sold out. Additional guests cannot be accomodated at this time. Thank you for your interest and support.

Tickets: Tickets will be available through the Chicago Humanities Festival box office

Staff of the Green Belt Movement Europe office in London will be taking part in the 9-mile Freewheel cycle ride in London on 23rd September to celebrate a car free day in the capital.

We'd love your support! By sponsoring us will be supporting our community tree planting projects in Africa, restoring habitats and improving the livelihoods of local people. Please go to Justgiving to donate.

It would be great if you could also come and join us on the ride! Sign up at Londonfreewheel. You will be promoting environmental responsibility and car free culture whilst seeing the sights on your bike!

Wangari Maathai Special Event: $30. All sales are final. Tickets will be mailed at least two weeks before the first lecture on September 21.

This event is not included in the Six-Lecture Series Subscription. If you are purchasing a subscription, you may purchase tickets to Wangari Maathai for an additional $30 per ticket. Please add the appropriate amount on the subscription order form. Tickets for this event may not exceed the number of subscriptions purchased. If you do not wish to purchase tickets for Maathai with this subscription, you may purchase them beginning August 19 through Tickets.com or (800) 225-2277 (including a service fee) or in person at the Crest Theatre Box Office (see Single Tickets).
August 19, 2007 Single tickets go on sale. To receive best available subscriber seats, please return the subscription order form before August 19.

Purchase single tickets through: Tickets.com or (800) 225-2277 (service fee applies).

Or in person at: Crest Theatre Box Office, 1013 K Street, Downtown Sacramento.

Wangari Maathai will be in conversation with Michael Krasny (of KQED-FM’s Forum).

Tickets $19.00; Box Office: City Box Office, www.cityboxoffice.com, 415-392-4400.

For Tickets: Please call (206) 621-2230. All ticket sales are final.

Ticket Levels: Wangari Maathai:
$60 = Patron (front of main floor reserved section) Includes post-lecture reception with speaker.
$35 = Main floor (general admission)
$25 = Balcony (general admission)
$15 = Student / Under 25 (general admission balcony seating). Please note: Your order will not be processed until you mail or fax (206-623-0065) a copy of a valid student ID and/or driver's license for each Student/U25 ticket requested.

Notes: A reception for patron ticket holders to follow. The capacity is 2500, this is open to the public.

Wangari Maathai will be the keynote speaker for the 27th Annual ESRI International User Conference to be held on Monday, June 18, 2007. The conference, which is the largest in the world devoted to geographic information system (GIS) technology, will be held June 18–22 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California (www.esri.com/uc).

Wangari Maathai will spend two days in Amsterdam to launch her autobiography in Dutch. She will be giving a short lecture and reading from the book, followed by a book signing.

To purchase a copy of the book please see nnbh

London will be hosting the prestigious World Environment Day concert, highlighting the work of amongst others, the Green Belt Movement. Music will come from Bukky Leo and Black Egypt, a ten piece African band and Guillemots.

Tickets are £15 and can be booked on the WED website.

The Sophie prize is an annual international award for environment and sustainable development, and was awarded to Wangari Maathai in 2004. For the 10th anniversary, Wangari Maathai will take part in a debate with other Sophie Laureates, UNEP Director Achim Steiner, and Norwegian Minister for Development, Erik Solheim on the world's most important environmental challenges. This will be followed by the official ceremony to honour this years Sophie Prize winner Mr Goran Persson, former Prime Minister of Sweden.

The Nobel Peace Center will host a day of events marking World Environment Day with Wangari Maathai as Guest of Honour. 3000 children will take part in a parade for the environment ending outside the Center. This will be followed by the opening of the Exhibition 'Melting Ice - A Hot Topic: Envisioning Change' which showcases the work of 40 artists from around the world addressing the topic of climate change.

Wangari Maathai will then launch an exciting new campaign for tree planting through the Green Belt Movement, in collaboration with Telenor. For every text message sent by the public, GBM will plant one tree. The goal is to plant 50,000 trees before the exhibition closes!

Wangari Maathai will be joining a host of writers, entertainers and thinkers from 54 countries, to speak at the Hay-on-Wye festival in the heart of the Breacon Beacon National Park. Hay has expanded to become one of the biggest international literary festivals, with 450 events over twelve days and attracting over 130,000 people. The main themes of the festival this year are Africa and engagement with the environment, and Wangari Maathai will speak about her life, work and her recently published autobiography ‘Unbowed’ at this exciting event which has been described as ‘the Woodstock of the mind’.

Tickets are £8 and can be booked online.

Wangari Maathai will be attending the Nobel Women Initiative Conference: Women Redefining Peace in the Middle East & Beyond from 28th May to 1st June.

The Nobel Women's Initiative was established in 2006 by six Nobel Prize winners representing six continents. The aim was to bring together their experiences in a united effort for peace with justice and equality.

The conference comes in a year in which we witnessed mounting challenges that face women activists in the Middle East and around the world. It will gather 70 women rights activists, researchers and international organisation representatives to examine approaches of women in the Middle East to challenge violence against women and armed conflict, to explore the role of the international community and the NWI in supporting this.

Join us for what promises to be a stimulating and inspiring evening as Wangari Maathai shares her unique experiences in creating huge social and environmental change through grassroots activity and in the face of heavy opposition. Book your tickets now to hear Wangari Maathai at the Royal Geographical Society on February 8th 2007. Tickets are £10 each.

The evening will launch Wangari's Maathai's much anticipated autobiography Unbowed, and is presented in collaboration with the Green Belt Movement's long time partners and supporters, The Gaia Foundation and Womankind

Attendance is by invitation only.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust launches ‘International Dialogues: Architecture and Climate Change’. The lecture series will be launched on Tuesday 6 February 2007 by Wangari Maathai.
Presented in partnership with the Green Belt Movement International and Random House to celebrate the publication of 'Unbowed: A Memoir' by Wangari Maathai'.

As the UK’s largest free national lecture programme continues its spring season, the RSA is proud to present Nobel prize winner, Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and champion of women’s rights, who will be giving an RSA lecture on 5 February.

This event is a celebrated component of University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speaker Series. Prof. Maathai will speak to the role of civic engagement in the promotion of peace, activism, and environmental conservation. The lecture is ticketed and open to the public.

In her message of empowerment, Wangari Maathai will cover the topics of environment, women's studies, and global citizenship. Following the speech will be a Q&A session. This event is ticketed and open to the public.

The topic of Wangari Maathai's speech will be "Sustainable Development, Democracy, and Peace: A Critical Link." The event is free and open to the public.

Wangari Maathai's keynote address on "Empowerment & the Escape from Poverty" will be a part of the annual Presidential Lecture Series. Immediately following will be a book-signing. This event is free and open to the public.

Wangari Maathai will deliver a public lecture on the topic of: "Women, Local Action, Global Impact: The Green Belt Movement in Africa." Following the Q&A session will be a book-signing reception in the Church Hall.

This event is open to the public and will be Wangari Maathai's homecoming to her college when she will receive the highest award bestowed by Benedictine College, the Cross of the Order of St. Benedict. Following the keynote address will be a book-signing of her autobiography, Unbowed.

Wangari Maathai will sign books at this event. For more information, contact 510-845-0837.

Wangari Maathai will be signing copies of her autobiography Unbowed and address the group. For more information and to RSVP, call: 310.289.9005

Wangai Maathai will give a lecture and answer questions in the chapel, before signing copies of her autobiography, Unbowed. For more information, call 508-793-3723.

Prof Maathai will share her message of empowerment and hope for the future through the simple steps of planting and protecting trees in our communities.

Prof Maathai will speak about and sign copies of her newly released autobiography, Unbowed.

Wangari Maathai will be signing copies of her autobiography Unbowed at this store to the northeast of Union Square. Limited seating. Please RSVP to rsvy@abchome.com.

Wangari Maathai will be signing copies of Unbowed. For more information, email or call 202-885-6301.

Wangari Maathai will sign books at this bookstore. For more information, contact 202-387-7638.

Prof Maathai will speak about sustainable development, democracy and peace.

Wangari Maathai will address and answer questions from students and faculty at Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel. The address will be followed by a book signing for Prof. Maathai's autobiography, Unbowed. For more information, contact 315-443-2901.

Wangari Maathai will be part of the forum on "Growing Greener Cities." For more information, visit Growing Greener Cities.

Wangari Maathai will address and answer questions from students and faculty in the Cox auditorium. She will speak on the work of the Green Belt Movement and ways that we can help save the planet.

Prof Maathai will address students at Ohio State University about her personal story, growing up in poverty and how she came to accomplish so many achievements in her life.

Wangari Maathai will plant an oak tree for peace and start a sculptural path of footprints through the town of Stavanger "Footprints of Peace" on 11th September 2006.

The visit to Tromso is at the invitation of Ole Danbolt Mjos, the Nobel Committee Chairperson.
Wangari Maathai will speak about "Environment and Peace- What does it matter to you?" on Saturday afternoon at the Kulturhuset Main Hall in Tromso.

Wangari Maathai will speak at FK North-South Forum biennial event at the Oslo City Hall on "Trees and Peace – The Critical Linkage between Sustainable Development, Democracy and Peace". Nobel Peace Prize Laureates from three different continents will share their views on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management. Prime Minister Dr. José Ramos-Horta and Rigoberta Menchu will speak about their experiences.

Wangari Maathai will sign a ground-breaking agreement with the Basque Government and EKOPASS in Northern Spain to offset the government's carbon emissions with a three year tree planting campaign. The agreement aims to combat climate change and support the Green Belt Movement's work in rural communities in Kenya.

Wangari Maathai will be the keynote speaker and participate in a panel at the International Association for Impact Assessment. According to its website, "impact assessment," simply defined,
is the process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action.

Wangari Maathai will give a plenary presentation on May 23rd. For more information on the Conference, contact Pierre Bellerose, Vice President, Public Relations, Product Research and Development, Tourisme Montréal, (514) 844-2404, bellerose.pierre@tourisme-montreal.or.

For Information about this event, click here.

Wangari Maathai will plant a ceremonial tree and address individuals to celebrate the tenth anniversary of this environmental non-profit in Palo Alto.

Wangari Maathai will give a keynote speech to students and respond to questions.

Dr. Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace prize will be a guest of the Association of Kenyan Professionals in Atlanta (AKPA). Maathai who is also an elected member of Parliament, and Kenya's assistant minister for Natural Resources will speak to AKPA's guests from the greater Atlanta and Kenyan community and will answer questions. The hosting committee is in the initial stages of planning and will publish details as they become available.

As part of Africa Awareness Week, the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs at Morehouse College, the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, and the G.E.N.E.S.I.S.* Project of the North Scale Education and Research Institute will be honoring Wangari Maathai at a special convocation.

For more information, contact the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs
at Morehouse College, (404) 681-2800, Ext. 6040.

Wangari Maathai will give a speech to faculty, administrators, students, staff, alumni, and others at Boston University.

Wangari Maathai will speak on "Environment: The Language of Human Life,"
as part of the University of California, Irvine, Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Series. For more information telephone, 949-824-5011.

Wangari Muta Maathai will speak on "My Struggle for Democracy: 30 Million & Growing." This event is co-sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United Nations Association, African American Kenyan Women's Interconnect Africareee, Cambium Arts Resources, Global Citizen Journey, Global Visionaries, Institute of Noetic Sciences, KADIMA, Middle East Peace Camp, One World Now! Projects for Our People, Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association, Seattle-Mombasa Sister City Association, Youth for a New World, Benaroya Hall, UNA Seattle. Tickets $25, 35, 45. Special Reception at 10 pm, $100. For more information, call 206-325-3554.

Wangari Maathai will speak on the environment and democracy as part of the International Speaker Series of the World Affairs Council of Portland, Oregon. For more information, call the International Speaker Series ticket line at (503) 552-9888. Tickets can be ordered on line by clicking here.

Wangari Maathai will visit elementary and high school student exhibits at Augsburg College and then give a speech.

University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55105-1096. Tel.: (651) 962-5378.

Wangari Maathai will be listening to youths' plans on creating peace across the globe and giving a talk to the faculty, college students and adult community members at the University of St. Thomas.

PeaceJam is an international education program built around leading Nobel Peace Laureates who work personally with youth to pass on the spirit, skills and wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves and the world.

Wangari Maathai will be the featured speaker during the 18th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum held March 10-11 at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. The 2006 forum, "Striving for Peace: Sustaining the Planet," will focus on threats to peace posed by environmental degradation and on the importance of grassroots development and individual efforts. Maathai is to address the forum's opening plenary session.

The Nobel Peace Prize Forum is held in cooperation with the Norwegian Nobel Institute and five colleges of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA): Augsburg College, Minneapolis; Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.; Luther College; and St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. It is the Norwegian Nobel Institute's only such program or academic affiliation outside of Norway. The five colleges were founded by Norwegian immigrants. They have sponsored the forum on their campuses since 1989 to recognize Norway's international peace efforts and to offer the general public opportunities to hear Nobel Peace Prize laureates, diplomats and scholars involved in peacemaking, including, in previous years, Jimmy Carter, Rigoberta Menchu, Oscar Arias Sanchez and Elie Wiesel.

Wangari Muta Maathai is a former Dartmouth Montgomery Fellow. The conference is co-sponsored by the Tucker Foundation.

Join National Geographic Editor in Chief Chris Johns in an interview with Wangari Muta Maathai, founder of the Green Belt movement in Kenya and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, about the critical linkage between the environment, democracy, and peace at 92nd Street Y. To order tickets ($25), call 212.415.5500 or go to More information: 92nd Street Y

From the UNDP Website

A 2005 World Summit Policy Dialogue
The policy dialogue will bring together leaders from governments, NGOs, local communities, academics and business to explore and debate key findings on the economic case for the importance of environment to poverty reduction, and to identify priority areas for investment to advance the MDG agenda. It is sponsored by the Poverty-Environment Partnership—a network of more than 30 international development and environment agencies convened to address poverty-environment linkages within the MDG framework.

Kemal Dervi, Administrator of UNDP, and Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of UNEP, will introduce the issues for the two panels to address.

Panelists and moderators for the policy dialogue include:

Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom

Laila Freivalds, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Ian Johnson, Vice President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, World Bank

Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize, 2004; Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Kenya

Claude Martin, Director General, WWF - International

Benson Venegas Robinson, Asociación ANAI / Talamanca, Equator Initiative Board of Directors, Costa Rica

Mary Robinson, Chair of the Board, International Institute for Environment and Development; former President, Republic of Ireland

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Minister of Environment & Energy, Costa Rica

Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University & Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General on the MDGs

Achim Steiner, Director General, IUCN – The World Conservation Union

Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Additional invited panelists and moderators include: Kumi Naidoo, Chair, Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP), South Africa; Charlie Rose, The Charlie Rose Show; Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize, Economics, 1998; Lamont University Professor, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University; and Jane Weru, Slum and Shack Dwellers, Kenya.

The event will continue until 5:30 pm.

Wangari Maathai will headline an all-star conference on women's power. Also speaking are: Jane Fonda, Eve Ensler, Anita Diamant, Maya Angelou, Carol Gilligan, Sally Field, and Kate Clinton.

From the conference program:
Humanity is still relying on outdated and destructive modes of acquiring and sharing power. In this century, women must play a primary role in reimagining and redefining power in all of its contexts—not only for the sake of women, but also for the well-being of all people, all cultures, and the earth itself. Through keynote talks, on-stage interviews, and workshops, we explore the nature and necessity of feminine power. We also take a bold look at the obstacles that mute the feminine voice and compel us to sell our souls to assume powerful positions in our work and in the world.

Enjoy readings, performances, conversations, celebration, movement, music, and the chance to be supported on your own journey. The energy generated at the Women and Power conferences is contagious; it inspires us to thrive in our chosen field, whether we are mothers, businesswomen, professionals, teachers, leaders, or activists.

The feminine voice lives in all of us; we invite women—and men—from different backgrounds, professions, races, ages, and nations to join us.

Wangari Maathai will sign a ground-breaking agreement with the Basque Government and EKOPASS to offset the government's carbon emissions with a three year tree planting campaign. The agreement aims to combat climate change and support the Green Belt Movement's work in rural communities in Kenya.

Wangari Maathai will sign a ground-breaking agreement with the Basque Government and EKOPASS to offset the government's carbon emissions with a three year tree planting campaign. The agreement aims to combat climate change and support the Green Belt Movement's work in rural communities in Kenya.

Women's ENews is hosting a gala dinner to honor 21 Leaders for Women to Benefit Women’s eNews.

National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon with Wangari Muta Maathai 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Founder and Former Coordinator, the Green Belt Movement.

The luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin just after 1:00 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session. Advance reservations may be made by calling (202) 662-7501 or by email at pnelson@press.org. The club is located at 14th and F Streets, one block from Metro Center, on the 13th floor of the National Press Building.

Reservations must be made by May 12 at 2 p.m. Cost for the luncheon: Members and Students $16 · General $35

The Women’s Edge Coalition cordially invites you to join Professor Wangari Maathai, Winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, speaking on “Women, Development and the Future”

Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate of 2004, is internationally recognized for her persistent struggle for democracy, human rights and environmental conservation. She is especially well known as the founder of the Kenyan Green Belt Movement, which since 1977 has inspired ordinary Kenyan women to plant more than 30 million trees on their farms and in school and church compounds across Kenya to improve the quality of their life and environment. Their success spawned a Pan-African Green Belt Network, which has empowered communities in Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Lesotho, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Professor Maathai is the first African woman to receive the Nobel peace prize.

This event is a fundraiser. All proceeds will go to support the Green Belt Movement. Tickets available at the door. $20 per person.

On March 8th, Wangari Maathai and Kerry Kennedy spoke at the historic Cooper Union in New York City. This event will air this weekend on C-SPAN's program Book-TV on Sunday, April 24th at 11am and 3pm. Check your local cable listings for more information.

The Cooper Union and Lantern Books are pleased to present free of charge Prof. Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Deputy Minister for the Environment in Kenya's government, Environmentalist and Peace Activist and founder of the Green Belt Movement in her first and only public event in New York City since winning the prize.

Prof. Maathai will lecture on “The Future of the Planet is in Your Hands” and sign books in the Historic Grand Hall. No RSVP necessary. Please come early, since limited capacity. Capacity laws will be strictly enforced. Be seated by 7 pm.

Donations to the Green Belt Movement welcome at the door. Two-thirds of book sales go to the Green Belt Movement.

Directions: 6 train to Astor Place or R or W trains to West 8th Street. For further directions: click here.

Wangari Maathai will visit the White Plains Presbyterian Church and preach the sermon. Following the service, the church will hold a tree-planting ceremony on the grounds then proceed to coffee hour. As always, we welcome visitors and encourage everyone to come and hear this inspired woman share her powerful and timely message.

Honored for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace, the Kenyan environmentalist will make a rare public appearance in the Bay Area.

The Council celebrates Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Laureate. She is a voice for sustainable development, environmental protection, democracy and peace. As founder of the Green Belt Movement, she has challenged conventional wisdom and opened new avenues for citizen action. She is emblematic of the kind of leader who is changing our world. While global stewardship is a collective enterprise, Wangari Maathai reminds us of the power of one brave individual.

Dr. Maathai will be introduced by Bay Area philanthropic leader and Council Vice Chairman Richard Goldman, who first awarded Dr. Maathai a Goldman Environmental Prize a decade ago.

At-risk youth arts project all morning, with DVD screening at 10:30 AM of Wangari Maathai's daughter, Wanjira Mathai, speaking at the Bioneers conference in 2004. (For adults).

Wangari Maathai will be the keynote speaker at the United Nations Development Program’s first annual United Nations Day for the South-South Cooperation. This will be the first time since Prof. Maathai won the Nobel Prize that she will be speaking publicly in the United States.