Professor Mbaya talking about Green Belt Movement

Professor Mbaya talking about Green Belt Movement
Photo by Beth Wynn

September 21, 2012

Professor Vertistine Mbaya presented a forum Thursday evening on the intertwined political activism, environmentalism, and anti-poverty efforts of her close friend, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Maroon Edition 2012 author Wangari Maathai, and the Green Belt Movement. Mbaya is a co-founder and current honorary treasurer of the organization, as well as a professor of biochemistry at the University of Nairobi in Kenya.