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 some of the groups […]
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 a wild chimpanzee troop). I […]
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 say a […]
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!
Dr Jane Goodall’s visit to UAE in January 2015 certainly got the local media buzzing! There were stories in The National before she even arrived as well as plenty of coverage of her trip once she got here.
It was a busy week for Dr Jane in UAE last week. Accompanied by Tara Golshan (Executive Director, Education) , she gave lectures at Khalifa University and NYU Abu Dhabi; numerous press interviews in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and the first Roots & Shoots celebration at New York University. The programme started in UAE a […]
As well as being a great word (first coined in Denver, Colorado), xeriscaping is also a great idea. It is a set of principles to help landscape and plant gardens in such a way as to use as little water as possible. It’s already a popular practice in much of the western United States and we think it’s something that could benefit from greater exposure in the UK as well.
Green School, Bali’s Grade 1 collected used unwanted items for donation to the Smile Shop in Ubud. The Smile Shop is a second hand shop (think “thrift store”) located in Ubud that sells used clothes, books, toys, household goods (including plates, towels, lamps-almost anything) in order to help pay for operations for people born with […]
Grade 1 held a collection drive last week to support the Smile Shop in Ubud, Bali. The Smile Shop is a second hand store that uses all proceeds to help people with craniofacial disabilities, such as cleft lip or cleft palate, to receive life-changing operations. As part of schools’ studies about empathy, the first graders made […]