Post Election 2016: What’s Next?
Over the past few weeks, friends and colleagues from around the world have written to express concern about what the results of the US presidential election might mean for all of us who care passionately about every aspect of JGI’s work – conservation, animal welfare, peace, human rights and wellbeing and environmental education. I absolutely […]
5 Holiday Service Project Ideas
It’s the time of the year that you might hear, “it’s better to give than to receive.” This could not be more true for Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots groups around the holidays. Service learning, a core component of the Roots & Shoots program, is about giving your knowledge and time to make your community a better […]
Roots & Shoots Project of the Month (POTM): Dress Like Jane, Be Like Jane!
The tradition of Halloween breeds excitement for so many for a variety of reasons: the thrill of an alter ego, the joy of a witty costume, plus candy, candy, and more candy. However, the circumstances are usually driven by a happiness that is short lived, and in most cases superficial. Through the eyes of a […]
Fantastic Beasts of the Real World & Where to Find Them!
Fiction is often a portal into the fantastical. It allows us to imagine places and people not of this earth, a way to think beyond the scope of what is possible. J.K. Rowling has for the last 20 years been a beacon of possibility, ushering in an age of witches and wizards. These individuals are […]
Kids Suing To Save The Climate
Victoria Barrett, 17, is an inspiring climate change activist, Roots & Shoots RSYC youth leader alum, and ACE Action Fellow. She has addressed the United Nations, attended COP21 in Paris, and collaborated on a bill with Global Kids that will ensure climate education in New York City public schools. Are you wondering how Victoria came […]
Election Reflection: What Comes Next?
Last week marked the end of what seemed like an election that might go on forever. With news of our new President-Elect, each of us is managing strong emotions and likely some uncertainty about what comes next for us as individuals and for our country. We caught up with a few members of the Roots & […]
Jane Goodall Inspires One Million and You All Inspire Us
I have just been informed that we have reached 1 million likes on Facebook. I want to thank everyone for supporting and following my adventures! – Dr. Jane Goodall We’re celebrating #Janes1Million! Jane and JGI have always been in awe of the magnitude and sincerity of those who believe in Jane and JGI’s message of […]
JGI’s ONE GOOD STORY: Engineering a Forest
At the age of 24, Keith Bitamazire had an experience in Kenya that inspired him to do something about saving forests. He hated the country’s climate because it was very hot and believed it was as a result of not having enough trees. He never wanted the same to happen in Uganda, especially in the region […]
When the Buying Stops, the Killing Can Too: “The Ivory Game” Review
Virtually soaring above Sub Saharan Africa in a small propeller plane, I am reminded of how much beauty and life is in the world as herds of zebra and wildebeest move against an expansive backdrop. Wild, untamed and resilient, the plains of Africa offer us a raw and uncensored look into nature for all its […]
How a Woman Changed the Definition of Man and Asked, ‘What is Human?’
On this day, November 4th, 1960, a 26 year old girl from England hid among the robust leaves in the lush rainforest of Gombe, Tanzania, and saw something no one else had previously recorded. A chimpanzee (pan troglodyte) she named David Greybeard, with his arched back covered in elegant black hair to her, was using […]
