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A Kenyan environmental activist, born in Nyeri, Kenya. She received her bachelor's degree from Mount St. Scholastica, and obtained a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She was the first woman in East Africa to obtain a doctorate, which she obtained from the University of Nairobi in 1971. In 1977, she founded the Green Belt Movement, which planted more than 30 million trees in Africa. She headed the National Council of Women in Kenya between 1981 and 1987, and ran for president in the 1980s against Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. She's known for The 11th Hour (2007). She died on September 25, 2011.