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It can seem as you look out that the world is just chaos and that we behave in terrible ways and we never really seem to get better. But we have to remember that compassion and love and altruism is equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage. They are just as evident in chimpanzees as the brutal, aggressive side of chimpanzee nature. We humans, therefore, have a choice ahead of us: we don't have to go the aggressive route. We can push and push and push towards love and compassion. That is where I believe human destiny ultimately is taking us.
Four Reasons for Hope
- The human brain
- The determination of young people
- The indomitable human spirit
- The resilience of nature
Where to Find Hope
- My Four Reasons for Hope
- This essay explains why, in the face of environmental and political challenges, I still have hope
- Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope
- In this one-hour television special, I share my deepest beliefs about spirituality
- Jane Goodall: The Hopeful Messenger
- Salon's 1999 feature considers whether knowledge of the wild beast implies knowledge of the human heart and soul
- The RIO+10 Interview
- A transcript of a video interview produced at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in September 2002
- Gombe 40
- The profile of the Toronto Roots & Shoots group, and an audio gallery from my talks
- Giant Peace Dove Campaign
- My vision for UN Peace Day
Roots & Shoots, and More...
Roots & Shoots engages and inspires youth through community service and service learning. I founded this global program to emphasize the principle that knowledge leads to compassion, which inspires action. All Roots & Shoots groups show care and concern in three areas: the human community, animals, and the environment.
- Roots & Shoots
- Roots & Shoots engages and inspires youth through community service and service learning
- The Environmental Leadership Center of Warren Wilson College
- Roots & Shoots Service-Learning Projects
- The Fauna Foundation
- Roots & Shoots at Fauna
- Roots & Shoots
- In Gombe, Tanzania
- California Roots & Shoots Partnership
- Making change work
- GrassRoots & Shoots Nigeria
- A youth driven initiative towards a better and cleaner community
- What Is Oakland's Roots and Shoots School Garden?
- It creates a unique connection between the young and old, between the school and the community
- Roots and Shoots Project
- In Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Jane Goodall Returns to the Huntington
- In 2004, I spent my birthday at this library in California
- North Carolina-Africa Connections
- Tanzania
- Animal Planet
- Jane Goodall: Roots & Shoots
- Trippin: Episode 110
- I was "featured activist" on this MTV program
- Youth Key to Future of Apes
- I spoke to hundreds at two Des Moines appearances
- Putnam school's 'dove' helps students celebrate International Peace Day
- Students unveil a cloth and papier mache Peace Dove puppet dedicated to spreading peace awareness
- What Is Roots & Shoots?
- From the Jane Goodall Institute
My Favorite Ways to Buy, Grow, and Enjoy Food
Some links to point you in the right direction.
- Sustainable Table
- Serving up healthy food choices
- The Edible Schoolyard
- This program engages 950 Berkeley public school students in a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom
- AMS Farmers Markets
- Direct to consumer
- The True Food Network
- A free service to connect consumers who want to take action to end the use of genetically engineered ingredients in our foods
- LocalHarvest
- A nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources
- Organic Consumers Association
- Campaigning for food safety, organic agriculture, fair trade, and sustainability
- Soil Association
- Organic food, organic farming, and sustainable forestry
- Heritage Foods USA
- Heritage Foods USA brings hard to find heritage foods with superior taste directly to American homes
- American Community Gardening Association
- The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities
Great Organizations to Work With
I highly recommend these organizations.
- International Fund for Animal Welfare
- This group works to improve animal welfare, prevent animal cruelty and abuse, protect wildlife and provide animal rescue around the world
- The United Nations
- I was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002, and the Jane Goodall Institute works closely with the UN
