The Greenbelt movement has been uncommonly successful at achieving their goals. As a result their goals and and missions expand along with them. These are loosely defined into the originations eras from their foundation in 1977 until now.
The Original Goals (1977-1988):
The movement was founded to address rural women’s concerns that their environment is becoming harder and harder to live in. The Greenbelt movement was created to engage women in nonviolent local activism through environmental restoration.
Steps to environmental restoration:
- Create a network of nurseries all over Kenya to nurture and reproduce seedlings for planting
- Create and maintain organized groups of women planting trees in green belts around their communities to restore local environments
- Engage, promote and have women lead every part of the process.
This process was bolstered by women all over Kenya teaching and attending classes on the environment, locals relationship to it and how it influences every part of their lives and livelihood.