Big Ideas for Little Environmentalists: Restoration with Wangari Maathai

Discover Wangari Maathai's big ideas about restoring nature and ways even the youngest kids can help, too!
 

Even little children can make a positive impact on the environment. Wangari Maathai grew up in Kenya, and her childhood was spent playing beneath mugumo fig trees. Over time, most of the trees in her area were cleared and she noticed how that made many people and animals suffer. Wangaari realized that trees are important for the health of the land and all who live on it, so she worked to plant millions of trees to make the land healthy again.