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Practice 7 OUR OWN STORY

Family and community environment
SOCIAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE: Share personal experiences in a conversation.

Adapted by Claire Fortier

“HOW WANGARI MAATHAI STARTED
THE GREEN BELT MOVEMENT” TRACK 36

WOMAN: Long before the Europeans came, we
had our own native trees and the water was plentiful
because every river was flowing. As the population
grew, we cut down more and more trees for building,
for farming. The land and rivers dried up. Things started
getting bad. So, there are generations who never saw
the springs filled with water.

WANGARI MAATHAI: Around the mid-1970s, firewood
plentiful
I was working at the University of Nairobi as a springs
lecturer. I was doing research in the field and soil
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I saw a lot of deforestation and soil loss. I Glossary on
heard many rural women complain about the
fact that they didn’t have firewood; they were
also complaining that they did not have enough water.

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