The Green Belt Movement and Professor Wangari Maathai are featured in several publications including The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach (by Professor Wangari Maathai, 2002),
Speak Truth to Power (Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, 2000), Women Pioneers for the Environment (Mary Joy Breton, 1998),
Hopes Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé, 2002), Una Sola Terra: Donna I Medi Ambient Despres de Rio (Brice Lalonde et al., 1998), Land Ist Leben (Bedrohte Volker, 1993).
The performance is part of the CSO's
Speak Truth to Power Festival (May 22 - June 8, 2014) which pays tribute Benjamin Britten, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, three composers who «produced works that stirred nations toward
hope and a brighter future» and «believed that the artist should serve society by creating music that would inspire justice and fairness.»