Wangari Maathai, Nobel-Winning Planter of Trees, Dead at Age 71
Three billion trees, millions of fiery words, and one Nobel Peace Prize later, Wangari Maathai has died in Kenya.
Posts tagged: Nobel Prizes
Birthday Twins: Toni Morrison and Johnny Hart
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and Reuben Award-winning cartoonist Johnny Hart were born on this very same day in 1931.
Barack Obama Accepts the Nobel Peace Prize – TRANSCRIPT
President Barack Obama has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. The LA Times has the full transcript. A few highlights:
Barack Obama Wins the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.”From the official announcement from the Nobel Peace Prize committee.