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A Thirteen-Year-Old Voice for Elephants

April 01, 2026 — Every fifteen minutes an elephant is killed. That’s about 96 elephants per day, and more than 35,000 each year. That’s the bad news. The good news is that one teen from Vermont has decided to take on this incredible problem and put a stop to it. Poachers are killing elephants for their valuable ivory, which […]

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Allie Boyer, An Ally to Orangutans

April 01, 2026 — When she was in 4th grade, Allie Boyer started Purses for Primates, an organization that raises money for the care, protection, and rehabilitation of displaced, injured, and orphaned orangutans. Now a high school senior and a member of the Roots & Shoots U.S. Roots & Shoots Youth Council USA, Allie continues to raise awareness about […]

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Saving Animals, One Painting At A Time

April 01, 2026 — Bria Neff is an amazing nine-year-old artist and conservationist. After learning that species all around the world are becoming endangered, Bria decided she would start a project to save the animals. Her Roots & Shoots project is called Faces of the Endangered. Bria’s idea for the project came about when she participated in an art […]

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Celebrating 20 years of Nature Conservation

April 01, 2026 — As someone who is passionate about chimpanzee conservation, there is a good chance you saw Disneynature’s wonderful film, Chimpanzee and learned about the Jane Goodall Institute’s collaboration with the Disney Conservation Fund. But did you know that the institute has worked closely with Disney Conservation Fund to protect the amazing world of chimpanzees for two […]

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How Wild About Flowers Are You?

April 01, 2026 — As the last snow finally melts and winter comes to an end, one of the most wonderful times of the year begins. Spring! The season of spending time in the cool sun and gardening. There are all kinds of new ideas you can implement in your gardens, and one beautiful and sustainable idea is planting […]

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How Dr. Jane Goodall Inspires Me

April 01, 2026 — Dr. Jane Goodall founded Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots in 1991 with a mission to give young people resources and support to make positive change in their communities. Through Roots & Shoots, hundreds of thousands of young people around the world are inspired and empowered to make a difference. As we celebrate Dr. Jane’s 82nd […]

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Celebrating 25 Years of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots

April 01, 2026 — In 1991, Dr. Jane and a group of 12 high school students met on her back porch in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. They discussed issues facing their community and began to imagine the actions they could take to address them. These students would become members of the first ever Roots & Shoots group as it […]

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Roots & Shoots U.S. Growing Together Campaign

April 01, 2026 — To celebrate 25 years since Dr. Jane Goodall founded the program, Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots has launched a U.S. national campaign, “Growing Together.” The Growing Together Campaign will serve as a celebration of the achievements of Roots & Shoots groups in the United States and it will represent a collective first step toward the […]

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MLK Day of Service – 4 Things You Can Do Right Now to Prep

April 01, 2026 — Make it a day on, not a day off.  Since 1994, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday has been celebrated as a national day of service — a “day on” instead of a day off. Dr. King, a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement, is someone who Dr. Goodall often discusses as one of her […]

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Too Many Tests: How To Make the Most of The White House’s Testing Reform

April 01, 2026 — Roots & Shoots Intern, Dominique R., discusses service learning as an alternative to testing Too Many Tests If you are, or have recently been, a student in the United States of America, your education most likely revolves around endless waves of test-prep and test-taking. A recent study released by the Council of the Great City […]

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