#24: Hope for our Planet – with Dr. Jane Goodall

60 years of research on social and family interactions of wild
chimpanzees. And decades of commitment to animal welfare and
environmental protection. This episode’s guest is the
world-famous British ethologist and environmental activist, Dr.
Jane Goodall, DBE.


 


Originally, she has been best known for her long-term study of
wild chimpanzees in Tanzania in the 1960s. During that study she
discovered that chimpanzees make and use tools – a discovery that
transformed the way we understand primates and wildlife, and that
redefined the relationship between animals and humans.


 


Today, her legacy goes far beyond that. She is the founder of the
Jane Goodall Institute, an international animal and environmental
protection organization that is widely recognized for its
conservation and development programs. She is also a United
Nations Messenger of Peace and an honorary member of the World
Future Council. And she does not show any signs of slowing down,
despite being 87 years old now. If there is no pandemic
preventing her from doing so, she travels an average of 300 days
per year to advocate for the causes that she believes in, meeting
with people from children and youth groups to powerful
politicians, striving to promote a new kind of relationship with
nature. Time magazine named her as one of the 100 most
influential people in the world.


 


In this episode, Dr. Goodall talks about her research in Tanzania
and the beginnings of her involvement as an activist. She
explains why she is not afraid to work even with supposed
opponents, and reveals why she has never lost hope despite the
many challenges we face around the world.


 


More information on Dr. Jane Goodall and the work of the Jane
Goodall Institute:


 


https://www.janegoodall.org/

https://www.instagram.com/janegoodallinst/

https://www.facebook.com/janegoodallinst



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