SUBMITTED BY
CHINMAYA KUMAR SWAIN
EXCUTIVE MBA,
BATCH: - 2015 - 16
Enrollmn! No: UME"1500#
SUBMITTED TO
$R%"& S& $E$$IN
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGENENT,
XAVIER UNIVERSITY
LIFE OF THE SUSTAINBILITY HERO
INTRODUCTION
Wangari Maathai was a renowned en!an en"iron#enta$ist a%ti"ist who
s&ent the 'etter ha$( o( her $i(e )ghting (or en"iron#enta$ iss*es+
Her origina$ na#e was Wangari M*ta+
She was the )rst A(ri%an wo#an en"iron#enta$ist to 'e hono*red with the
&restigio*s Nobel Prize (or her %ontri'*tion to s*staina'$e de"e$o&#ent,
de#o%ra%! and &ea%e+ A$so she was the )rst A(ri%an wo#an to 'e
awarded with a doctorate degree+ It was her e-%e$$ent a%ade#i%
'a%.gro*nd and great s.i$$s that earned her &restigio*s &ositions at the
Uni"ersit! o( Nairo'i+
In /012s, she (o*nded the Green Belt Movement, whi%h in"o$"ed
&$anting trees to %onser"e the en"iron#ent+ With ti#e, the non3
go"ern#ent organi4ation e-&anded and (o%*ssed on en"iron#enta$
%onser"ation and wo#en5s rights as we$$+
In 6227, Fran%e 'estowed *&on her one o( its highest de%orations, Legion
d’honneur+
SHORT BIO8RA9HY
Childhood & Early Life
? Wangari Maathai was 'orn as on / A&ri$ /0:2 in the "i$$age o( Ihithe
in the %entra$ high$ands o( the %o$on! o( en!a+
? Two !ears $ater, she shi(ted a$ong with her &arents to a (ar# near
Ri(t ;a$$e! where her (ather had (o*nd wor.+
? In /0:1, she ret*rned to Ihithe, (or $a%. o( ed*%ationa$ o&&ort*nities
at the (ar#+
? At the age o( eight, she enro$$ed at the Ihithe 9ri#ar! S%hoo$ and
within three !ears, #o"ed to St+ Ce%i$ia
CHINMAYA KUMAR SWAIN
EXCUTIVE MBA,
BATCH: - 2015 - 16
Enrollmn! No: UME"1500#
SUBMITTED TO
$R%"& S& $E$$IN
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGENENT,
XAVIER UNIVERSITY
LIFE OF THE SUSTAINBILITY HERO
INTRODUCTION
Wangari Maathai was a renowned en!an en"iron#enta$ist a%ti"ist who
s&ent the 'etter ha$( o( her $i(e )ghting (or en"iron#enta$ iss*es+
Her origina$ na#e was Wangari M*ta+
She was the )rst A(ri%an wo#an en"iron#enta$ist to 'e hono*red with the
&restigio*s Nobel Prize (or her %ontri'*tion to s*staina'$e de"e$o&#ent,
de#o%ra%! and &ea%e+ A$so she was the )rst A(ri%an wo#an to 'e
awarded with a doctorate degree+ It was her e-%e$$ent a%ade#i%
'a%.gro*nd and great s.i$$s that earned her &restigio*s &ositions at the
Uni"ersit! o( Nairo'i+
In /012s, she (o*nded the Green Belt Movement, whi%h in"o$"ed
&$anting trees to %onser"e the en"iron#ent+ With ti#e, the non3
go"ern#ent organi4ation e-&anded and (o%*ssed on en"iron#enta$
%onser"ation and wo#en5s rights as we$$+
In 6227, Fran%e 'estowed *&on her one o( its highest de%orations, Legion
d’honneur+
SHORT BIO8RA9HY
Childhood & Early Life
? Wangari Maathai was 'orn as on / A&ri$ /0:2 in the "i$$age o( Ihithe
in the %entra$ high$ands o( the %o$on! o( en!a+
? Two !ears $ater, she shi(ted a$ong with her &arents to a (ar# near
Ri(t ;a$$e! where her (ather had (o*nd wor.+
? In /0:1, she ret*rned to Ihithe, (or $a%. o( ed*%ationa$ o&&ort*nities
at the (ar#+
? At the age o( eight, she enro$$ed at the Ihithe 9ri#ar! S%hoo$ and
within three !ears, #o"ed to St+ Ce%i$ia