World Frog Day: A Story About Saving One of the World’s Rarest
Jane Goodall’s All Good News A Jane Goodall’s All Good News post published in honor of today’s World Frog Day. In 2008, the Year of the Frog, I was appointed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as International Ambassador for the Frog simply, to draw attention to the threats faced by frogs and […]
Lounama: Helping Her Heart Stay Strong
Lounama is one of the lucky chimpanzees living at the Jane Goodall Institute’s Tchimpounga sanctuary who was relocated to Tchibebe Island, one of Tchimpounga’s three new island sanctuary sites. She has a calm and sociable demeanor and gets along well with many of the other chimpanzees. She is also a favorite with the staff, even having […]
Call to Action: JGI’s International Day for Mobile Phone Recycling
Hopefully, you already know that recycling your old electronic devices helps mitigate conflict over minerals in the chimpanzee habitat of the Congo Basin. If you don’t, you can get a more in-depth explanation in our blog post, Why You Should Recycle Your Cell Phone. For those ready to take action but not quite sure how, […]
Celebrating 25 Years of Roots & Shoots: Limited Edition Clothing Campaign Raises Support
As the Jane Goodall Institute prepares to kick off celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, t-shirt company Sevenly is hosting a special campaign in honor of this great milestone in the organization’s history. With designs inspired by Dr. Jane Goodall herself, Sevenly’s campaign includes items for women and men and […]
The Power of One Comic Inspired by Dr. Goodall
Recently, Zen Pencils, a cartoon blog by Gavin Aung Than, published, The Power of One, a new comic using words from Dr. Jane Goodall and her now well known Reasons for Hope. In The Power of One, at some point in the future, readers are shown scenes of how one human’s ingenuity helps make the world […]
Jane’s Spring 2016 Tour + Live Chat
It’s that time of year again to welcome Dr. Jane Goodall back to North America for her spring lecture tour! Throughout March and April, Jane will be traveling all across the USA and Canada for her Gombe & Beyond tour, giving 10 public lectures and meeting her biggest fans while on the road. Today, Jane is […]
Celebrating 25 Years of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots
In 1991, Dr. Jane and a group of 12 high school students met on her back porch in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. They discussed issues facing their community and began to imagine the actions they could take to address them. These students would become members of the first ever Roots & Shoots group as it […]
Roots & Shoots U.S. Growing Together Campaign
To celebrate 25 years since Dr. Jane Goodall founded the program, Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots has launched a U.S. national campaign, “Growing Together.” The Growing Together Campaign will serve as a celebration of the achievements of Roots & Shoots groups in the United States and it will represent a collective first step toward the […]
Jane Reflects on 25 Years of Empowering Youth
Today marks a big day in history for me, the Jane Goodall Institute and Roots & Shoots as we celebrate the 25th anniversary since the founding of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots programme. What started with 12 Tanzanian students in 1991, has grown into a global humanitarian youth programme, canvassing 130+ countries with hundreds of thousands […]
Recent Science Roundup
As one of humanity’s closest living relatives, chimpanzees give us an amazing insight into our own lives and history. This is one reason why fascinating studies focused on chimpanzees continue to be published year after year. Below is a roundup of scientific articles that have been published recently. Electrocardiogram reference intervals for clinically normal wild-born chimpanzees… As […]
