The Wisdom Of Jane Goodall.
Current mood:
cultured
I suppose that if you don't know who Jane Goodall is-then you don't belong here. You are, however, welcome anyway. What I really wonder is just how many times Jane's been featured in National Geographic magazine. Also, when she was younger she was a super intelligent "Babe;" now she's everything you think when you think of the classic definition of the word "Lady."culturedI got this article from an old Reader's Digest-I don't know the date.
Todd
Jane Goodall: primatologist and conservationist, and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation, based in Washington, D.C.
" We've been very arrogant in assuming that there's a sharp line dividing us from the rest of the animal kingdom. We are not the only beings on this planet with personalities, minds, and above all, emotions. We need to be more respectful.
As a child, I dreamed of going to Africa, living there with the animals, and not a day passed when I wasn't almost disbelieving that such an amazing thing happened. Being out there on my own in nature, with or without the chimpanzees, is just something I loved.
The most important thing we can do to try to get out of the mess we've made on this planet is to spend some time thinking about the consequences of the choices that we make. What did we eat? How was it grown? Did it adversely affect animal welfare? Is it good for human health? What do we wear? Where was it made? Could we make it in a way that is less damaging to the environment? If we start thinking like that, inevitably people make small changes. And if people make small changes, then you start getting the major change that we MUST have if we care about the future for our Children"
