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Wangari Maathai

Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate, 1940 to 2011

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Founded the Green Belt Movement, which planted tens of millions of trees while empowering women, and won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.

Wangari Maathai sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, leaning peace-first on war and peace and leaning libertarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on culture and interventionism.

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Where Wangari Maathai sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureCentered on culture
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Wangari Maathai

Chico Mendes Brazilian rubber tapper and environmentalist, 1944 to 198898%Rachel Carson American marine biologist and author, 1907 to 196498%Bill McKibben American environmentalist and author98%E. F. Schumacher German-British economist, 1911 to 197797%Rigoberta Menchú Guatemalan Indigenous rights activist97%Elinor Ostrom American political economist, 1933 to 201296%Jane Jacobs American-Canadian urbanist, 1916 to 200695%James Hansen American climate scientist95%

People furthest from Wangari Maathai

Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 19539%Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present12%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194312%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194512%

Political views closest to Wangari Maathai

Deep ecologyGives nature value in itself and calls for a radical reduction of human impact.99%Green politicsPuts ecological limits, sustainability and grassroots democracy at the center of policy.97%Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…95%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.94%

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