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Legendary primatologist Jane Goodall says that humanity's survival depends on conservation of the natural world. In conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, she tells the story of her formative days working with chimpanzees, how she transformed from a revered naturalist into a dedicated activist and how she's empowering communities around the world to save natural habitats.
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Much respect for this great woman!!!
100 %
High carbon footprint – “I’ll buy some trees” This person is not going to solve the problem, they are the problem.
No, YOU are the problem!
@Akki Kishore No, if people just throw money at a problem, that is waayyyy less effective than actually doing something
@Simon48 Which Jane is doing – what r u doing ?
Thanks for the perspective, the interview and the story!
Every time you breathe, you inhale oxygen.
There are alternatives, those just don’t sustain live (helium in incubators of early born babys, getting oxygenated blood intravenously)
Oxygen created by the very planet we are destroying
@earthling john 70% of the oxygen replenishment on Earth occurs in the oceans.
In August 2020, Dr. Goodall is 86 years old and beautiful inside and out. In elementary school is when I learned of Dr. Jane Goodall. Now, I’m 63 and she’s still one of my heroes.
Me too in primary school, ignore my profile picture, now I am 55 and thought she comes from my countries Zambia/Zimbabwe (my parents) at that time. I am surprised that she is still Alive. No Idea why YouTube just recommended this clip to me.
@Play Dog I’d mixed Dr Goodall up with Dian Fossey so was a bit surprised too that she was still alive too. But glad she is & that this clip was recommended. I’ll be so sad when David Attenborough goes, there knowledge & understanding of the world is amazing
@Dee TW now that you mentioned Dian Fossey, my confusion also is solved.
I feel so upset and raged when I see a bunch of children turturing an innocent animal. It’s almost like we enjoy seeing other creatures suffer just to prove we’re superior. It’s really disgusting and demeaning to humanity.
I love this woman ❤
I totally agree but unfortunately the carnivores animals like cats torture their prey to death, killer whales torture the seals to death , lions and tigers aren’t exactly gentle with their catch
etc.. etc… we are living in a very cruel world and nature doesn’t recognise our values and we humans are the most violent creatures that ever walked the earth, we can teach ourselves to be nicer but the truth of the matter is that we are the most vicious and dangerous on earth at least other animals don’t wage wars on each other they just hunt and the process of hunting is by its nature very cruel but once their belly is full they would normally go to sleep and get high with pleasures of a full belly but humans can’t just stop at being satiated they would attack other humans for the reasons of domination and greed and lust and very low qualities that other carnivores can never comprehend and copy ! Let’s face it , we are not nice creatures and only education and learning to be nicer can lubricate the social wheel of interaction with other people and yet we still fail miserably at many instances because our true nature is very very cruel.
Earthshine Moonshine You can’t compare children torturing animals to the actions of animals of prey…. Children can be taught to respect animals and don’t need to torture them to death to eat.
Every 60 seconds in Africa…
Inspiring, so many years of experience ❤
No! I am NOT! I haven’t being Driving for the past 2 years! Auto insurance is too Expensive, so I being taking the Bus/Train even during the Covid Pandemic!
all this unwanted things are getting practiced every day without any responsibility
Anybody else watching this in 2020??
Me: * reads the title*
Also me: guess I’ll die then.. can’t be bothered to bother the entire planet in any way possible
That’s the overt point. Certain people have been trying to convince people we have no right to exist on this planet for decades.
It’s simple: stop comparing your actions to others and start making your own intelligent decisions. It’s a kind of cliche to say that the change comes from inside, but it’s a completely true idea which should be repeated more and more. It’s conditioning. Firstly, do your part: use the opportunity of searching on the internet, which has thousands of sources of good information, and use it to understand and modify your actions.
Secondly, when you’re highly conscious about your role (but remember: do not stop improving yourself), try as much to spread this and OUR message: “it’s a collective project”. Nature has gave us too much, so let’s do so. Actually, we’re part of it, so really reconnect with all the beauty that surrounds you and don’t let superficial feelings domain you. Forget fame, status, unhealthy cravings.
It’s up to you and me to fight for our rights to live in peaceful world with our Mother Nature
Well stated ✔
**reads title**
Me: “My time has come”
It’s not a matter of dying to help the environment, but just our trying to make some adjustments in our living to become more responsible towards our environment.
How does she know the covid bat narrative is true? I believe in time it will be revealed that it escaped a research lab
Sure does look like you been impacting the planet for a long time.
Go forth and populate . Bless God and he will bless you. Leave God and you’ll be hearing crap like this .