When a Sapling is Planted-Storyboard

 

🌱 WHEN A SAPLING IS PLANTED

Wangari Maathai

Class XII English | Visual Storyboard – Capsule Notes

🏅 1. Nobel Peace Prize

• Wangari Maathai receives the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
• She is the first African woman to receive the award.
• She dedicates it to the people of Kenya, Africa and the world.

🌿 2. Love for Nature

• She grows up in rural Kenya.
• She develops a deep love for nature.
• She enjoys clean streams, frogs' eggs and tadpoles.

🪓 3. Forest Destruction

• Forests are cleared for commercial plantations.
• This destroys biodiversity and reduces water sources.

🌱 4. Green Belt Movement

• Maathai starts the Green Belt Movement in 1977.
• It aims to help rural women through tree planting.

👩‍🌾 5. Problems of Rural Women

• Lack of firewood and clean water.
• Inadequate food, shelter and income.
• Women suffer directly from environmental destruction.

🌳 6. Benefits of Tree Planting

• Provides food, fuel, shelter and income.
• Creates employment.
• Improves soil and watersheds.
• Supports children's education.
• Over 30 million trees are planted.

🌍 7. Environmental Destruction

• Deforestation, pollution and climatic instability cause poverty.
• Shortage of resources leads to conflicts.
• Trees become symbols of democracy and the struggle against corruption.

🕊️ 8. Trees as Symbols of Peace

• Kikuyu elders use a staff from the thigi tree to stop conflicts.
• It encourages reconciliation.
• Trees symbolise democracy, peace and unity.

🌎 9. Appeal to Humanity

• Stop destroying nature.
• Help the Earth heal its wounds.
• Protect biodiversity.
• Recognise that we belong to a larger family of life.

👥 10. Message to Leaders and Youth

• Build fair and just societies.
• Promote democratic freedom.
• Young people are the hope of the world.
• Use energy and creativity to build a sustainable future.

💧 11. The Lost Stream

• Maathai remembers the beautiful stream of her childhood.
• After fifty years, the stream has dried up.
• Women walk long distances to collect water.
• Children lose the beauty of nature.

🌈 12. Our Challenge

• Restore the home of the tadpoles.
• Protect the natural environment.
• Give future generations a world of beauty and wonder.
• 🌿 Central Message
• Environmental conservation, women's empowerment, democracy and peace are interconnected. Planting a sapling is a small step towards a sustainable and peaceful world.

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[Prepared by Sindhu P,HSST English,GGHSS Kallai]