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THE NEXT GENERATION’S IMPACT: Roots & Shoots program
BP: Your global youth-led community action program “Roots & Shoots” is now in about 100 countries and blossoming. Please describe your feelings about this ‘youth movement’ and its grand success.
JG: I travel some 300 days a year all around the world, and
everywhere there are groups of youth with shining eyes (kindergarten through university) wanting to tell Dr. Jane what they are doing, have done, plan to do to make this a better world for animals, people, environment, and to live in peace and harmony with each other and nature. It is a hands on program – these young people are making change even as I speak. It is my main reason for hope, and may be the most important initiative of my life next to helping people understand the true nature of animals. Animals are sentient, sapient beings with personalities, minds and emotions.
© Robert Ratzer
Dr. Jane Goodall with Roots & Shoots members in Salzburg, Austria
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