Jane Says

Three Ways to Celebrate Jane Goodall’s 82nd Birthday

March 31, 2016 — Dr. Jane Goodall’s 82nd birthday is on April 3 … only a few days away! If you would like to join the Jane Goodall Institute in celebrating Dr. Goodall, here are three ways that you can get involved: Sign Jane’s birthday e-card…simply click here to add your name and a special message to Jane to […]

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Jane Goodall on Forests #2: Lessons on Appreciation and Protection

March 21, 2016 — Editor’s note: In honor of International Day of Forests on March 21, Dr. Jane Goodall, having spent so much of her life living in the forests of Gombe Stream National Park, and has in her life experienced so many other forests around our planet shares some of her thoughts on appreciating forests and working together to […]

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World Frog Day: A Story About Saving One of the World’s Rarest

March 20, 2016 — Jane Goodall’s All Good News A Jane Goodall’s All Good News post published in honor of today’s World Frog Day.  In 2008, the Year of the Frog, I was appointed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as International Ambassador for the Frog simply, to draw attention to the threats faced by frogs and […]

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Jane Goodall on Forests: Lessons on Appreciation and Protection

March 19, 2016 — Editor’s note: In honor of International Day of Forests on March 21, Dr. Jane Goodall, having spent so much of her life living in the forests of Gombe Stream National Park, and has in her life experienced so many other forests around our planet shares some of her thoughts on appreciating forests and working together to […]

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Jane Reflects on 25 Years of Empowering Youth

February 19, 2016 — Today marks a big day in history for me, the Jane Goodall Institute and Roots & Shoots as we celebrate the 25th anniversary since the founding of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots programme. What started with 12 Tanzanian students in 1991, has grown into a global humanitarian youth programme, canvassing 130+ countries with hundreds of thousands […]

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Jane’s Spring 2016 Tour + Live Chat

February 05, 2016 — It’s that time of year again to welcome Dr. Jane Goodall back to North America for her spring lecture tour! Throughout March and April, Jane will be traveling all across the USA and Canada for her Gombe & Beyond tour, giving 10 public lectures and meeting her biggest fans while on the road. Today, Jane is […]

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End of Year Message from Jane

December 31, 2015 — Our year could not be complete without a special end of year message from our founder and fearless leader, Jane. Her message comes to us from “wet, windy, but not as cold as it should be, England”, at her sanctuary, the house she grew up in as a child. Jane just finished nearly three months of […]

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Call to Action: Crowdsourcing to Fight Indonesia’s Fires

December 15, 2015 — Watch the video above to see Jane’s message about the fires in Indonesia. Indonesia continues to experience dangerous forest fires across the country, with over 100,000 active fires detected in 2015. The fires have been raging since September and are now releasing more emissions daily than the entire U.S. economy. In the past three weeks […]

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There’s Still a lot Left Worth Fighting For

December 02, 2015 — “In 200 years people will look back on this particular period and say to themselves, how did those people at that time just allow all of these amazing creatures to vanish.”. As we listen to Jane’s powerful words of wisdom, chills run up and down our body. The film Racing Extinction gives us a glimpse […]

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STOP THE BURNING: 30 Global Leaders Band Together to End Deforestation

November 30, 2015 — In this powerful film narrated by Dr. Jane Goodall, “STOP THE BURNING” incorporates the voices of 30 global leaders during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland who shared their thoughts about the importance of saving our forest. As these innovators, changemakers and forest advocates gathered their thoughts, their message was clear – to address […]

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