Wangari understands the importance of trees, and chooses to replace the ones that have been cut down. She starts a tree nursery and convinces others to join her. Favorite quote, "one tree at a time."

An encouragement to discover new things, color outside the lines, make a difference, and shine light. It features historical figures like Rosetta Tharpe, Wang Zhenyi, Wangari Maathai, Claudia Jones and more.

A young girl from Kenya grows up surrounded by green trees. She leaves home to study in America -- and when she returns many of the trees are gone.

Meet the Kenyan environmentalist who paid women to plant trees and often clashed with the government over these two very radical ideas. Available for FREE on ComCat (Massachusetts Library Catalog)