Prof wangari maathai, nobel peace laureate and conservation heroine, is dead.maathai died aged 71, at around 10pm last night at the nairobi hospital after a long battle with cancer. Maathai will ...

With the sad news of Wangari Maathai's death on Sunday night (25 September), we celebrate the life and philosophy of an extraordinary woman via a series of video clips, below. Maathai, a veteran ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya told 300 leaders and citizens Sunday night in Palo Alto. With a flashing smile, Maathai told stories about her own efforts and even used a fable ...

Wangari Maathai was born in Kenya in 1940 ... transforming the lives of the people and the environment around her until she died in 2011. Wangari had several issues she was passionate about ...