We Sing Her Story
3/1/2022 | 2m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Meet four female environmentalists who have changed the world for the better!
These four women from around the world have fought bravely to save the environment. Our heroes are Rachel Carson from the US, Wangari Maathai from Kenya, Berta Caceres from Honduras and Vandana Shiva from India. They have planted trees, saved waters, stopped pollution and supported indigenous people. One of them even won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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GreenBeats is a local public television program presented by WHRO Public Media
Produced for WHRO's Batten Environmental Educational Initiative, made possible by the generosity Jane Batten.
We Sing Her Story
3/1/2022 | 2m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
These four women from around the world have fought bravely to save the environment. Our heroes are Rachel Carson from the US, Wangari Maathai from Kenya, Berta Caceres from Honduras and Vandana Shiva from India. They have planted trees, saved waters, stopped pollution and supported indigenous people. One of them even won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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(cheerful music) ♪ Rachel heard the ocean ♪ ♪ She heard, she heard ♪ ♪ The rivers, and the sand, and the dirt ♪ ♪ She saw the harm that we'd been doing ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ And told us to stop poisoning the Earth ♪ ♪ We sing her story ♪ ♪ Wangari cared for the land ♪ ♪ She cared, she cared ♪ ♪ Helping out women in need ♪ ♪ She passed along the seeds of hope ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ And they grew millions of trees ♪ ♪ We sing her story ♪ ♪ Berta fought for her people ♪ ♪ She fought, she fought ♪ ♪ Protecting their precious waters ♪ ♪ She asked us to defend the Earth ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ Keep it safe for our sons and our daughters ♪ ♪ We sing her story ♪ ♪ Vandana works for nature ♪ ♪ She works, She works ♪ ♪ Preserving seeds as best she can ♪ ♪ She tells us biodiversity ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ Is a great way to be nature's friend ♪ ♪ We sing her story ♪ ♪ We all share one world ♪ ♪ And we are one humanity ♪ ♪ We have no replacement planning ♪ ♪ So it's up to you and me ♪ ♪ When nature is a teacher ♪ ♪ We're learning as we work ♪ ♪ And in every grain of sand there is the story of the Earth ♪ ♪ In every grain of sand ♪ ♪ There is the story of the Earth ♪ (cheerful music continues)
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