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“Our work was not simply about planting trees. It was about inspiring people to take charge of their environment, the system that governed them, their lives and their future.” -Wangari Maathai
“Our work was not simply about planting trees. It was about inspiring people to take charge of their environment, the system that governed them, their lives and their future.” -Wangari Maathai
You could use this book in any elementary grade level classroom to discuss the importance we play in our environment. You could also emphasize the sense of community in this book and how everyone has a role to play.
pickPublished in 2008, a biography. The story of Wangari Maathai, a nature loving woman who founded the Green Belt Movement in her home country after returning to barren land after college. She involved all pieces of her community to work together and plant trees to bring her home country land of Kenya back to life.
so-soI did manage to finish this before Audible took it from the Plus program. It was slightly better than The Moon Sister, but, because Electra becomes interested in the causes of civil rights and drug abuse prevention, Riley becomes overly pedantic about those causes, making the book drag. Learning about the Happy Valley Set in Africa was interesting, however. They were some unhappy people. Started Ashley Winstead‘s The Last Housewife. #audiowalk
I‘ve got 11 hours left; I really hope I can finish it by the 12th. I‘m liking this one better than The Moon Sister. #audiowalk
I usually take a break between the Seven Sisters books, but this one is in Audible Plus right now, which means I don‘t have to use a credit for it — it goes back into the regular catalog on 8/12. I have 13 hours left. At first I didn‘t like Electra — she‘s so emotionally needy — but she‘s grown on me. #audiowalk
