It helps African communities develop sustainable livelihoods so they can protect critical habitat by reducing reliance on natural resources. Its Roots & Shoots program empowers youth groups in more than 100 countries to do projects for animals, people, and the environment (see Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots video on page 27).
BECOMING AN ACTIVIST
Goodall’s life in the forest diminished in 1986, when she attended a conference in Chicago to celebrate the publication of her book The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior. As she listened to primatologists from throughout Africa present their research, she was struck by a common theme: everywhere scientists were working with apes, forests were disappearing. It was a decisive moment that would change her life forever.
“I left knowing that because of what I’d gained from the chimpanzees, now it was time to do something to help them,” she recalled in the film Jane’s Journey. “I became an activist.”
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© Jeff Orlowski
Dr. Jane Goodall speaking at a Peace Day celebration