It is so easy, in our modern world, to feed disconnected from the physical earth.

despite dire warning

and escalating concern over the state of our planet, many people feel out though touch with the natural
World .I have spent decades working with the green belt movement to help women in rural Kenya plant
and sustain millions of trees with their hands in the dirt, these women often find themselves
empowered and at’’ home ‘’in a way they never did before .I want to impact that feeling to everyone,
and believes that they lies in traditional spirituals love for the environment, self betterment, graduate
student respect, and their commitment to service. While educated in the Christian tradition , I draw
inspiration from many faiths celebrating the Jewish mandate tikkun olam and renewing the Japanese
term mottainai. Through rededication to these values, she believes, we might finally bring about healing
for ourselves and the earth replenishing the Earth:

I reiterates ‘’Education, if it means anything, should not take people away from land, but instil in them,
even more, respect for it, because educated people are in the position to understand what is being lost.
The future of the planet concerns all of us command and we should do what we can protect it. As I told
the foresters, and the women, you don’t need a diploma to plant a tree.’’

“People often ask me Why I was not afraid. The best way I can explain it is to say that I did not protect
the fear . If you stay focused on what you want to sustain, then you actually go right in there where
many people would not dare to go,” I said. ”It’s not that I am brave, or that I do not see the
consequences, but by not protecting it, I do not embrace the fear that so often stops us from pursuing
our goals.”

I shared my amazing life story with the world in the 2006 memoir ‘unbowed‘. ”My memoir is direct
honest and beautifully written a gripping account of modern Africa’s trials and triumphs, a universal
story of courage persistence and success against great odds in a noble cause.” ,an Autobiography that
offers a message of hope and inspiration through one women’s achievements on behalf of women, the
environment, and democracy in Kenya. In my final yeah ,I battled ovarian cancer. I died on September
25 2011 at the age of 71 I was survived by my 3 children: Waweru, Wanjaru and Muta. “Throughout my
life ,I writes, “I have never stopped 2 strategies about my next steps. I often just keep walking along,
through whichever doors open. I have been on a journey And this journey never stopped”

My joy filled, straight forward manner and practical approach set a wonderful example for many,
helping them to acquire new confidence and inspiration. Being a captivating storyteller I had an
awesome capacity for telling stories to capture a dilemma, and sure how to move forward. One that is
liked in particular is my characterization of life choices being akin to being at the central bus station. ”It
really makes sense to be sure you catch the right bus,” I said. ”Take a bit of time looking around before
you jump on. It may not be speediest of buses but as long as you are going in the right direction you will
get there in the end. If you are too impatient and jump on one going in the wrong direction fast or slow
you will lose a lot of ground!”

As I once wrote in my memoir, “What people see as fearlessness is really persistence” . You need more
like me, with the strength and power to speak out and shame those more interested in the individual
gain than collective good like a spreading Acacia ,I and the green belt movement have nurtured
hundreds of thousands of new actors with a test for environmental and social justice . So while morning
my loss, you salute the next generation who can point to my example and now they are travelling in the
right direction.