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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: Vandana Shiva, Right Livelihood Award, David Suzuki, Daniel Ellsberg, Survival International, Wangari Maathai, Edward Goldsmith, David Lange, Bianca Jagger, Amy Goodman, Grameen family of organizations, Nicanor Perlas, SEKEM, Memorial, Uri Avnery, Asghar Ali Engineer, Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Swami Agnivesh, Gush Shalom, Krishnammal Jagannathan, Hanumappa Sudarshan, Wes Jackson, Sunderlal Bahuguna, Jose Antonio Abreu, Sir George Trevelyan, 4th Baronet, Munir Said Thalib, Percy Schmeiser, Maude Barlow, Leonardo Boff, Christopher Weeramantry, Hermann Scheer, Catherine Hamlin, Mycle Schneider, Samuel Epstein, Walden Bello, Chico Whitaker, Trident Ploughshares, Michael Succow, Martin Almada, Ruth Manorama, Roy Sesana, Robert Jungk, Tony Clarke, Asha Haji Elmi, Martin Green, Irene Fernandez, Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, Francisco Toledo, Nnimmo Bassey, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, Erwin Krautler, Monika Hauser, Raul Montenegro, International Baby Food Action Network, Rene Ngongo, Jinzaburo Takagi, Katarina Kruhonja, Vesna Terselič, Kamenge Youth Centre, Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice, Cindy Duehring, Birsel Lemke, Kvinna Till Kvinna, First People of the Kalahari, Andras Biro, Legesse Wolde-Yohannes, Alyn Ware, Duna Kor, Melaku Worede, Aklilu Lemma, Shrikrishna Upadhyay. Excerpt: Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 1984, she was awarded the...
