Introducing the NEW Roots & Shoots 2020 Youth Leaders!
Roots & Shoots Youth Program of the Jane Goodall Institute Announces National Youth Council for 2020 2020 is all about seeing the good all around us, and what’s more filled with good than a group of young change-makers stepping up to become young leaders? This week, Roots & Shoots, a program of the Jane Goodall Institute USA (JGI) founded by Dr. Jane Goodall, has […]
GOODALI: Gombe’s Brand New Baby Boy!
Isn’t it wonderful when all the stars align? On days like this, from the moment you wake up, the day just keeps getting better and better. It is a dream in itself to sleep on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Western Tanzania. At dawn, a chorus of birds blends with the soft sound of […]
A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Hope is Good for All
To spread hope for 2020, and to showcase all we were able to achieve because of you in 2019, we’ve created this very special window into our year – a representation of what is possible when you turn hope into action every single day. Enjoy our 2019 Year End Update! The Jane Goodall Institute is […]
Dr. Jane Goodall Commits to 5 Million Trees in 2020 As Part of UNEP Campaign
Forests are vital. They provide water, food, and livelihoods for billions of people around the world. They contain a staggering diversity of life. They create the oxygen we breathe and regulate our climate. Tragically, they are being destroyed at an alarming rate. This is largely due to powerful economic and political interests, and consumer demands […]
Hope is 365 Days of Roots & Shoots
In 2019, we witnessed tragedy, hardship, and loss. At the same time, we witnessed a generation electrified by these realities, especially overt and constant exposure to these challenges. This spark has ignited young people from every country, background, identity, and age charging forth, leading efforts to inspire, support, shape, grow, create and solve to make […]
Best of GOOD FOR ALL NEWS 2019
2019 was full of stories – good, challenging and everything in between. GFAN stories are those fueled by hope, which inspires us all to take action. We’ve collected some of our and your favorites from this year, helping us to better understand our world, other species, other people, and what we can each do to make a […]
Dr. Jane Goodall’s Holiday Message 2019
As Dr. Goodall travels nearly 300 days a year all around the globe spreading her message of hope and the importance of individual action, she rarely has time for pause. This past week she had a moment to do so at her home in Bournemouth, England, where she shared this message with the staff of […]
12 Days of Gombe
You might be familiar with Gombe as the famed location of Dr. Jane Goodall’s earliest discoveries on chimpanzee behavior and the 60 years of ongoing research through the Jane Goodall Institute – but did you know that it is home to a wonderful variety of other species as well? This Holiday Season, we’re celebrating 12 […]
Dr. Jane Goodall’s Most Inspiring Quotes of 2019
In 2019, the Philippines experienced the most powerful typhoon on record. Hurricane Dorian was declared the worst natural disaster in the history of the Bahamas. Drought has persisted around the world and fires are still burning in California, across South America and Africa. Increasing political division has led to hateful rhetoric and disillusionment. Despite the hardships that our world faced […]
Chimpanzees, Culture and Spirituality
“Chalchiuhtlicue” meaning, “she of the jade skirt,” was the name given to a water deity by the ancient Aztecs in the 15th century. The goddess symbolized “the purity and preciousness of spring, river, and lake water that was used to irrigate the fields” (The Met Museum). Human beings have been worshiping nature for centuries – […]
