Updates from Roots & Shoots projects around the world

Dear Roots & Shoots Members,

I can’t believe how fast this year has gone. And Iamsoproudofthe amazing work that you continue to produce for this programme, on a daily basis. The projects covered in this newsletter speak for themselves.

Two words come to mind when I think of Roots & Shoots; Celebration – of …

“I hate hearing that ‘We’ve borrowed the Earth from our children’; I hate it because it’s a lie. We’ve not ‘borrowed’, we have been stealing, and we’ve made so many mistakes and it’s not the young peoples’ job to put it right. We have to work with them to fix …

I received the privilege to stay at Windsor Castle for a week, and meet with Roots & Shoots leaders from across the world.

The week taught me three important practices that I hope to use as I tackle new projects and disputes in the future. These are: the importance of collaboration …

Roots & Shoots is a global organsation with hundreds of groups in dozens of countries around the world, from Australia to America, and from Taiwan to Tanzania, where the first group was set up by Dr Jane Goodall herself.

Here are a selection of projects and updates from our sister group …

Abu Dhabi student Morgan Pitman wins a place on Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots National Youth Leadership Council in the US.

Every year on September 21st , Roots & Shoots groups from around the world celebrate Roots & Shoots Peace Day and honour the UN International Day of Peace. Dr. Jane has been a UN Messenger of Peace since 2002 and she inspires us all to live in harmony with nature and …

Julia Migné is a conservationist and multimedia journalist. She is interested in reporting environmental issues and recently worked on a project looking at how involving local communities can affect the success of conservation projects in East Africa.

She created this lovely Roots & Shoots video to highlight the inspiring work of …

It seems like another lifetime since I read ‘In the Shadow of Man’ at the age of 9, and various later stages since. I’ll always remember how enthralled I was by Dr Goodall’s story. How she had somehow managed to transcend the species boundary (and become integrated as part of …

Dear Roots & Shoots Members,

Welcome to the Spring edition of our UAE Autumn 2016 newsletter.

There has been so much activity there these last six months that I have to keep my introduction very short to fit all the exciting projects and events into our allocated space.

But I just want to …

Roots & Shoots Abu Dhabi member Jess Doyle has come up with a whole host of great ideas that you can do to learn more about and help people, animals and the environment. Thanks Jess!…