JGI Jungle Journals: Notes From Gombe, Tanzania Part II
Dr. Jane Goodall had a single dream: to study wildlife in Africa. When she was 26 years old, she was given an opportunity, by a innovative scientist named Louis Leakey, to achieve this dream in a place called Gombe. Gombe, Tanzania, has since Dr. Goodall’s studies been the home of ongoing behavioral, biological, and other […]
Compassionate Young Leaders You Should Get to Know: Kye Masino
While most 9-year-olds might have been wishing for a new bike or hoping to have a play date with their next-door neighbor, Kye Masino was dreaming up revolutionary change. This change came in the form of his service organization, KYE-YAC, based out of Hot Springs, Arkansas, led by youth for the benefit of youth. Now, […]
Finding Peace in a Time of Uncertainty
by Barbara Sarbin, Something Good in the World My work takes me into quiet places in nature, with children who have experienced things that no child should have to. Often when I am with a group of refugees from Central America, and I discover that one of the girls is only 11 years old, the […]
Roots & Shoots Project of the Month (POTM): Simon Says, Get to Know Your Community Partners
Simon says, “take two giant steps forward.” Simon says, “turn to the person next to you and shake hands.” These are instructions that may sound familiar to most people since “Simon Says” is a staple childhood playground game. That’s exactly what children in an after school program in Gallatin, Tennessee thought when they challenged local […]
Don’t Worry, Be Happy: What If the Well-Being of Nation Was About More Than GDP?
A hot topic of the last several decades has been on economic development – the concept of specifically designating what is required to improve the well-being of a nation, especially in emerging economies. What has rarely been measured, or prioritized, is what the goal of an emerging nation, or any nation for that matter, should […]
Fighting for the Environment Through Inclusion
The most difficult and important step in confronting a problem is the one of the individual who does something to change the situation for the better, despite the obstacles. In a democracy that has been shaped by a past and present of racism and sexism, which now much more flamboyantly, aggressively, and confidently threatens that […]
Where Wildlife Are in Danger, There Exists a Thin Green Line
You may have heard of the term “wildlife trafficking,” in the context of graphic imagery of elephants being brutally murdered for their tusks, or piles and piles of the fins of sharks drying on the concrete. Public demand for wildlife and wildlife products has resulted in a boom of illegal trade, that is quickly pushing […]
Answer the Call : Mobile Recycling Day
Have you ever wondered what your phone was made of or how those materials were collected? Well, turns out there’s a lot more to that story than you may have thought. On January 24, 2017, the Jane Goodall Institute will hold a Call to Action, dedicated to the international recycling of mobile phones. Why set […]
Remembering My Mentor : Robert Hinde
When I heard that Robert had left us, I found it hard to believe. For it marks the passing of an era, the era of the first great early ethologists, Konrad Lorenz, Karl von Fritz, Niko Tinbergen, Robert’s supervisor, David Lack – and Robert Hinde himself. It is not my intention to write about the […]
Aren’t We All #MoreThanWhatYouSee?
This is what most posts I see on Instagram look like: Pretty pictures and clever captions are what make up almost my entire Instagram feed. Social media platforms, like Instagram, allow us to keep up with friends and family and raise awareness for global issues ranging from plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch […]
