Wangari Maathai Pins and Buttons

Description: This design honors Professor Wangari Maathai — the Kenyan environmentalist, human rights defender, and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Known for founding the Green Belt Movement, she championed sustainability, women’s empowerment, and Pan-African unity. The artwork blends Afrocentric symbolism, nature motifs, and Pan-African colors to celebrate her spirit of resilience and hope. Wear it proudly to stand for climate justice, women’s leadership, and African pride.

Description: Honor Professor Wangari Maathai with this vintage Kenya postage stamp tribute. She was the Kenyan environmentalist, human rights defender and founder of the Green Belt Movement, and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The teal guilloche background, Kenya flag border, seedling in her hands and flag fingerprint give it the look of a collector’s stamp. Her message was simple: care for the land and you lift up people, democracy and peace. Wear it on a tee, hoodie or sticker, or give it to a climate-conscious friend, a teacher, or someone proud of Kenyan heritage and African women leaders.

Description: Herstory Portrait: Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011) was a Kenyan environmental activist. She founded the Green Belt Movement in the 1970s seeking to promote environmental conservation in Kenya and Africa. She became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”

Description: Stencil Art Wangari Maathai