JGI works on many projects, such as rehabbing orphaned chimps in the Republic of Congo, running a peer-to-peer education program for girls in Uganda, and helping Google create a street view tour. They’re creating a huge movement of people in person and digitally who care about, invest in, and serve as ambassadors of conservation work. The Jane Goodall Institute is a nonprofit that has spread to 29 countries since 1977 and sprouted Roots & Shoots in 1991. Through our work in public awareness/wildlife conservation efforts, the Jane Goodall Institute and Jane herself, are acutely aware of the individual and collaborative effort necessary to create positive change in the world. Since 2012, nearly 16 million actions have been taken to stir up positive change for 2.25 billion people. Now we must redefine ‘tool,’ redefine ‘man,’ or accept chimpanzees as humans, Jane’s mentor Louis Leakey famously said. Jane Goodall made discoveries that rocked the scientific world, forever changing the way we look at our closest living relatives - and ourselves.Įven the least scientific viewer could learn from her patient understanding of the animals she observed and her philosophical approach. She observed them hunting and eating bush pigs, colobus monkeys, and other small mammals. Goodall discovered that chimpanzees are omnivorous, not vegetarian as had been thought. Up until her moment of discovery, the ability to make and use tools had been considered uniquely human.Ĭhimpanzees hunt and eat meat. Goodall watched as wild chimpanzees bent twigs, stripped off their leaves, and used them to “fish” termites from their nest. So when she had the opportunity to study chimps in Tanzania, she took it.ĭr. She loved her pet dog Rusty (and says dogs are still her favorite animal) and was fascinated by animals from her earliest memories, wondering how chickens laid eggs and brought earthworms into her bed. Her father gave her a toy chimpanzee at age one, which she carried everywhere (and still has). It is reported that Jane Goodall always loved animals. In 1960, a 26-year-old woman without a college degree went to Tanzania to study chimpanzees in the wild. The way she saw the world changed the world. What Jane Goodall Can Teach Us About Compassion
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