April 01, 2026 —
Starting today, individuals around the globe, can find Dan Piraro’s “Devolution” appearing on T-shirts for sale through a time-limited campaign. Proceeds from the sale of these T-shirts will benefit Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots. Syndicated cartoonist Dan Piraro and his artist assistant and colorist Christy Higgans are two individuals who embrace the Roots & Shoots […]
April 01, 2026 —
This spring, JGI successfully completed its first crowdfunding campaign for Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots in Tanzania, raising over $16,000 via Pozible. The project aims to engage students from Sokoine Primary School in a study of local plants found in a nearby forest reserve. Having protected the forest reserve for a number of years now, […]
April 01, 2026 —
Would you believe that something as simple as access to feminine hygiene products can drastically improve the life and future of a girl in Africa? Sadly, many girls in Africa never finish their schooling. In fact, due to many families’ strained economic resources, many never even begin their education. Instead, girls often stay at home […]
April 01, 2026 —
In many rural communities throughout Africa, girls must take a back seat to boys when it comes to education. Due to limited economic resources, families often have to choose which of their children are sent to school and who will stay to help the household. In the vast majority of these cases, boys are selected […]
October 02, 2025 —
For some children and young people dealing with her loss may be upsetting and difficult. We have prepared this guide with input from Dr. Mehmet Cevdet Tosyalı MD with the goal of helping children and young people and the adults working with them through this grief process.
June 11, 2025 —
At its heart, Roots & Shoots is about the power of individuals — both the young and the young at heart — to create change. After all, as Dr. Jane Goodall has said many times, “every individual can make a difference.” But Roots & Shoots is also about finding community among these individuals and creating […]
January 26, 2021 —
Episode Summary In this episode, Dr. Jane Goodall talks with Genesis Butler about her own beginnings as a young environmentalist, with both activists sharing parallel stories from the same early age, albeit seven decades apart. Genesis is a climate change activist, animal rights advocate, and founder of Genesis for Animals, a rescue and sanctuary organization. […]
