In the summer of 1960, I first arrived on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa to study the area's chimpanzee population.
At the time, it was unheard of for a woman to venture into the wilds of the African forest, it was a trip that I had dreamt about as a little girl.
At first, the chimps fled whenever they saw me. But I persisted, watching from a distance with binoculars, and gradually the chimps allowed me closer. One day in October 1960 I saw chimps David Graybeard and Goliath strip leaves off twigs to fashion tools for fishing termites from a nest. At the time, scientists thought humans were the only species to make tools, but here was evidence to the contrary. When I told my mentor Louis Leakey, he said: "Now we must redefine tool, redefine man, or accept chimpanzees as humans."
After studying the chimps for many years, I began to realize that their habitat and very way of life was in danger. In 1977, I founded the Jane Goodall Institute to work with the people who live around Gombe to conserve the forest.
From there I founded the Roots & Shoots program in 1991, which has truly become my passion.
Roots creep underground everywhere and make a firm foundation. Shoots seem very weak but to reach the light they can break through brick walls. Imagine that the brick walls are all the problems we have inflicted on our planet. Hundreds and thousands of roots and shoots, hundreds and thousands of young people around the world, can break through these walls. You can change the world.
Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.
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Winning films will screen in selected cinemas in the United Kingdom AND three finalists will also be chosen to screen at the Copenhagen Climate Conference.
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Tonight
on 2012 and Beyond I will be talking to Bruce Gagnon the coordinator of
the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space..the show
will air at 1am Eastern Time:http:http://wslr.org/listen-live/
Press Release- United Nations International Day of Peace – “Peace begins on our Plate”
Events around the globe mark UN Peace Day by highlighting the peaceful effect of eliminating or reducing meat from one’s diets. “Peace beings on our Plate” events will help raise awareness that the pathway to peace between humans, among are animal co-inhabitants, and with Mother Nature begins with ones palate.
Want to create a “peace beings on our plate” event in your city? Send us an email at info@meatfreemovement.org and well make sure it gets added to FaceBook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Meat-Free-Movementorg/149035046797?ref=ts So far we have events in New York, Santa Monica, San Jose, San Francisco, Victoria and Ottawa as well as in Costa Rica, Chili, Australia and China.
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