What a great story! How does an African woman in 1977 start a movement among women that eventually planted 30 million trees and begets her the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.

Wangari Maathai, educated in the US, overcame many obstacles especially from the male-dominated society of Kenya and founded the Green Belt movement, which has prevented soil erosion and provided firewood for cooking fires.

The program has been carried out primarily by women in the villages of Kenya, who through protecting their environment and through the paid employment for planting the trees are able to better care for their children and their children's future.

She has come to be affectionately called "Tree Woman"
http://www.wangarimaathai.or.ke/