MD for Africa & Global Partnerships @Worldresources. Chair @WangariMaathai. Passion for Africa, local solutions & climate action. Yogini. Tweets my own
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When communities lead, forests recover. Restoration is justice, resilience, & smart investment in our shared future. The real power to heal our land lies with the people who live with them, care for them, & defend them every day. #RestoreLocal #ClimateAction #CommunityLeadership
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Happy Earth Day🌏
Today, we celebrate progress in protecting our
planet—and rally for the work still ahead.
@WorldResources is spotlighting #SolutionsInFocus that are already delivering benefits for people, nature & the climate ➡️ go.wri.org/solutions-in-focu…
#OurPowerOurPlanet
As we mark Wangari Maathai Day, today’s People Daily features an opinion piece by our Advocacy Manager Job Mwangi, on why Karura Forest is testing Kenya’s promise to protect public forests. Join the conversation. #HandsOffKarura
Inspiring to see how far the #Mottainai Campaign has come! Congratulations @mainichi Newspapers on this remarkable success. Here’s to another year of taking the spirit of #Mottainai global! Driving true #Circularity #FoodLoss&Waste
ワンガリ・ #マータイ さんの提唱で始まり、#毎日新聞社 が推進してきた「 #MOTTAINAIキャンペーン」の活動20周年を記念したシンポジウムが12月22日に開催されました。マータイさんの長女、ワンジラ・マータイさんにも参加していただきました。
詳細はこちら↓
mainichi.jp/articles/2025122…
#SDGs #3R
it was a privilege to have the @AmbJPN_Kenya Hiroshi & Yuka Matsuura at the #Nobel+20 Gala. Thank you for the years of partnership with the people of Japan through the #Mottainai Campaign @WangariMaathai
With political will, thoughtful planning, and financing, our cities can leapfrog into a future of sustainable, people‑centered mobility, proving that the vision of liveable, breathable African cities is within reach. Read More: nation.africa/kenya/wanjira-…
LIVE TODAY: Inaugural Wangari Maathai Hackathon in Nairobi! 100+ youth powering tech + conservation to fight deforestation & build climate solutions. Pinching myself—this IS climate action: local, innovative, transformative. Join us NOW virtually!youtube.com/live/sQBsKThUDH8…
Happy #MazingiraDay2025 . This is call to protect what remains, to restore what’s been lost, & to lead with courage & clarity. True leadership in Kenya today means standing up for our rivers, forests, wildlife, & communities. It means being relevant and responsive @WangariMaathai
Wangari Maathai was the first female professor in Kenya and the first African woman to be awarded the #NobelPeacePrize. She founded the Green Belt Movement, which led to the planting of millions of trees.
Today we announce the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
ALT Wangari Maathai, smiling, holds a potted plant, dressed in a bright blue and yellow traditional dress and matching headscarf.
Congratulations @MariaCorinaYA. From @WangariMaathai with love ❤️
“Oh my god… I have no words.”
Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was announced to the world.
#NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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🌿 This #MazingiraDay, GBM & @NakuruCountyGov bring together 200+ youth at @egertonunikenya to lead Kenya’s green revolution. The youth hold the key to Kenya's 15 Billion trees target. 🌱Read more in today’s People Daily featuring our Advocacy Manager, Job Mwangi. 💚#TeamGBM
Now this is SAD 😣 #SaveKarura
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Karura Forest was saved by the people, for the people
For 15+ yrs, the joint @KFSKenya & FKF-CF model has made it a global success story, safe, thriving, and community-led.
Don’t undo it.
Uphold the Joint Agreement to 2041.
Protect #KaruraThePeoplesForest ✍️
Sign the petition here : chng.it/6C89248Zzt – at Nairobi, Kenya
This can't possibly be legal. #HandsOffKarura
You have met them at Karura Forest — they serve with their hearts. Now, 500 of them risk losing their jobs if @KeForestService forcefully takes over.
Dear CS @DrDeborahbarasa the people gave their all & saved Karura. Don't take their livelihoods away. #HandsOffKarura #SaveKarura
Our commitment to the constitution must be steadfast because constitutions, no matter how visionary, do not enforce themselves #SaveKaruraForest #HandsOffKaruraForest #WangariMaathai
This week, Kenya’s Environment & Land Court took a bold stand for #KaruraForest, blocking land excision & revoking unlawful development licenses. A vital green lung defended, echoing the ICJ’s call for the right to a healthy environment. Climate justice is real @GreenBeltMovmnt
For the first time, the path to a COP summit will be framed as the diplomatic countdown it has
always been, but also as a dynamic, participatory journey that invites governments, civil society, IPLCs , & youth to co-create the future we all depend on. Read More 👇🏽
Global accountability must be matched by local responsibility. Real change happens when communities own their part in building sustainable, resilient futures. #LocalAction #GlobalResponsibility #RuralDevelopment
Happy Africa Month! As we reflect on our past and shape our future, may we do so with confidence and care, knowing that Africa is not only writing its future, it is speaking it into the world. In our own languages. Read more in my oped below: #MadarakaDay2025
