Nobel Peace Prize for 2004 goes to Wangari Mathai of Kenya! Not only is she the first African woman to receive the award, she is the first environmentalist. Nobel committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjoes added, "It is clear that with this award, we have expanded the term peace to encompass environmental questions related to our beloved earth." Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, which planted 30 million trees across Kenya.
