Updates from Roots & Shoots projects around the world

Dear Members,

As we approach the end of another busy, but productive year, it’s always wise to take a few moments of reflection out of our demanding schedules….

During the summer holidays, the annual gathering of inspiring, young individuals from all over the world, took place at the beautiful and historic St George’s House, Windsor Castle. With representatives from 24 countries, days were spent getting to know one anther, brainstorming and collaborating.  Friendships and memories for life were …

Think of all those coffee cups, plastic straws, washing up bottles, packaging around fruit and vegetables, old clothes and unused cosmetics we throw away every day. Think of all of the energy and resources that went into making them, and the amount of waste they generate in landfill….

We are honoured and delighted to have been nominated for the Special Recognition category of the Pride of Abu Dhabi Awards!

The only real people’s choice award, The Pride of Abu Dhabi Awards is the community awards that celebrates the people and companies that make the city great.

Created by the people behind Abu Dhabi World …

In February 2019, our friends at The Explorer’s Passage and 2041 ClimateForce are holding a special expedition to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s Highest Peak!

Their mission is to help with the environmental degradation in the area around Mount Kilimanjaro. A portion of the proceeds from this Expedition will …

Dear Roots & Shoots Members,

Summer is here at last.

And I am so proud of the amazing work that you continue to produce and the difference that you continue to make.

Our annual awards this year was a spectacular display of creativity, innovation and resourcefulness. All our …

The Roots & Shoots education program has been existing in Slovakia for nearly two school years. This last school year 10 schools were involved in the program, within which the primary and secondary school students helped revive local communities across Slovakia. The students teams under the leadership of their teachers …

We had just crossed the Antarctic Circle, 66.33’ South. The mist ahead revealed a faint outline. Our eyes, searching for a horizon in the fog, started to decipher the planes of the vast Iceland that lay ahead of us…

In October 2017, I met Roots & Shoots ambassador Robert Swan, who …

Dr. Jane was extremely honoured to join director of the ‘JANE’ documentary, Brett Morgen, for the 2018 BAFTA Awards – and was even lucky enough to run into Andy Serkis, actor from War For the Planet of the Apes! Though ‘JANE’ did not win …

At the TEDx event, held at the prestigious Open Gate School, Prague, themed: “If not us, who?” Tara talked about her own life story and the importance of taking positive actions towards our planet, Dr Jane, her mission and her legacy – the Roots & …