Go on an Adventure For National Read A Book Day
If you’ve ever had to talk yourself out of curling up in bed and reading your favorite book for the entire day, today is YOUR DAY. There is no better way to express your love of reading on National Read A Book Day. Today, Wednesday, September 6th, is that day — a whole day get […]
World Environment Day: China Works Toward a Brighter Future
My first visit to China, in 1998, was to Shanghai at the invitation the Central East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools, where I gave a keynote address. I was thrilled by this opportunity, as it provided a way for me to honor a promise I had made to Greg MacIsaac, who had helped with […]
Celebrate World Wildlife Day: An Action Plan
Join us in celebration of March 3rd, World Wildlife Day! The UN urges us to “Listen to the Young Voices,” because they are the ones who face a world with the possibility of a vast reduction in wildlife due to the actions of their ancestors. They’ve grown up singing about the wolf crying to the […]
I Love Books: World Book Day
Jane Goodall’s All Good News, Stories of Hope Books were a very important part of my childhood. TV had not been invented so we learned from books and listening to the radio. And from our elders.The first book that really made an impression was The Story of Dr. Doolittle by Hugh Lofting. An English country doctor who lived in […]
The Famous Chimps of Gombe
Over the course of her life, Dr. Jane Goodall has observed and recorded the habits of many of the wild chimpanzees living in Gombe National Park. When Jane first arrived in 1960, little was known about the complexities of primate behavior. Though Jane made many remarkable discoveries during her first few years in the field, […]
Books & Media
Jane the Storyteller Dr. Jane Goodall inspired millions of people through her speaking tours, media appearances, publications, and a wide range of film, television, and podcast projects. Her eloquence as a globally renowned storyteller helped deepen humanity’s understanding of the natural world. Shop Jane Goodall’s collection of books Authored Books Film/TV Podcasts Related Books 2021 […]
The Truth About the Fate of Rhinos: the Blood Rhino Blacklist
June 2014, I was about to jump on a plane back to my African homeland to join the war on poaching, and I asked the world’s most beloved conservationist how she transforms anger into a force for good. She said, “The only way to turn anger into something good is to be using all your […]
A Local’s Advice: How to Help Puerto Rico
Over the course of two weeks in September, Hurricane Irma and Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. Both storms knocked over power lines and uprooted trees, leaving close to 85% of the island without electricity and many communities isolated by blocked roads and limited cell phone reception (CNN). Local officials predict it will take […]
War for the Planet of the Apes Partners with JGI To Help Chimps
What compels us about the narrative of a young woman entering into an unknown jungle to discover a world of primates, so much like ourselves? It is the realization of our ultimate connection to these beings; a learned respect for something within great apes and all those derived from this shared earthly and ancient evolutionary […]
April Project of the Month (POTM): A Light at the End of the Trash Chute
These days artists are doing brilliant things with recycled trash. There is one artist who turns his own personal trash into art by projecting light through it, another who recreated the Mona Lisa out of plastic, and another who made a magnificent beached mermaid scene out of 10,000 plastic water bottles to draw attention to plastic pollution. But […]
