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Numbers in the News: Black History Month
A celebration of Black leaders who work to protect the environment
GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES (MAATHAI); KEN STOCKPHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM (TREES)
51 MILLION
The number of trees planted by women in Kenya since 1977 as part of a movement started by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai (1940-2011).
COURTESY OF JOHN FRANCIS
22 YEARS
The number of years John Francis traveled only by foot after witnessing an oil spill in 1971. He didn’t ride in a gas-powered vehicle again until 1994.
$361,629
COURTESY OF JOHN FRANCIS (FRANCIS); ASTRID STAWIARZ/GETTY IMAGES FOR SHORTY AWARDS
The amount of money raised by 13-year-old Mari Copeny from Flint, Michigan, to provide water filters to U.S. communities, like hers, that lack access to clean drinking water.
2009
WDC PHOTOS/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
The year Lisa P. Jackson became the first Black person to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
THINK ABOUT IT: Research one of the people above. What else have they achieved? What challenges did they overcome to reach these goals?
SOURCES: THE GREEN BELT MOVEMENT, PLANETWALK.ORG, MARICOPENY.COM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY