Building an Organic School Garden with the Roots & Shoots Formula
Spring has sprung and now it’s time to start planting our gardens. With the help of the Roots & Shoots 4-Step Formula, Sacred Heart Elementary School built and planted a sustainable organic garden. This project is part of the Growing Together campaign for Roots & Shoots 25th anniversary, in which Roots & Shoots members around […]
Good News for the Endangered Woodrat
Jane Goodall’s All Good News: Stories of Hope The Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) is a subspecies of the Florida woodrat existing only on the island of Key Largo, Florida. It is one of the most endangered rodents on earth, but the good news is that it is making a comeback with the help […]
How JGI Works To Save Chimpanzees
The Jane Goodall Institute’s Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center in the Republic of the Congo was established in 1992, and since then has provided life-saving treatment and sanctuary to hundreds of chimpanzees. Once our Tchimpounga sanctuary opened, JGI quickly realized that many of the chimpanzees in need of rescue were victims of illegal wildlife trafficking…and that […]
Chimpanzee News Round Up
Last year, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ruled that all chimpanzees, wild and captive, will be classified as endangered. This was a departure from their previous ruling, which only listed wild chimpanzees as endangered. Captive chimpanzees in the US enjoyed no such protection, and could legally be subjected to lonely, painful lives as […]
A Thirteen-Year-Old Voice for Elephants
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 […]
Endangered Species Day Round Up
Endangered Species Day is on its way! Falling on Friday, May 20, Endangered Species day is a time people should focus on learning about endangered animal populations, the threats that they are facing, and what we can do to help! To get our supporters talking about this special day, the Jane Goodall Institute has collected […]
Allie Boyer, An Ally to Orangutans
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 […]
Jane on Social Media: Celebrating our Followers
Social media has become a part of our everyday lives. For the last decade, sites like Facebook and Twitter have ruled our online presence and newer platforms like Instagram and Snapchat are swiftly becoming popular among younger generations. Just last week, Dr. Goodall’s own personal Facebook page reached 900,000 likes! In fact, Jane’s page has grown […]
Saving Animals, One Painting At A Time
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 […]
The Story of How a Hen Lays an Egg
Jane Goodall’s All Good News, Stories of Hope One story has been told many times because it shows how, even as a four-year-old, I already had the makings of a true naturalist. Vanne (my mum) had taken me to stay with my father’s mother, Mrs. Nutt (I called her Danny Nutt because I could not […]
