On the 8th October, people around the world will be celebrating Clean Air Day, and working to help make the air on Planet Earth better for the people, animals and plants that live on it. The importance of clean air It’s easy to take the air we breathe for granted. We often don’t even think […]
It’s a challenging time for any kind of event but that didn’t stop Andover Trees United. They were joined by a small group of young people to plant a tree to commemorate Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots International Day of Peace. Every year, Roots & Shoots invites youth from around the world to take part […]
One of our amazing Roots & Shoots ambassadors, Dara McAnulty, recently won the prestigious Wainwright Prize for his amazing book ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’. Dara lives in Northern Ireland and is passionate about the natural world. He’s an environmental campaigner and has worked to address biodiversity loss and raptor persecution, winning him an RSPB […]
On this United Nations International Day of Peace September 21, Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace shares her thoughts during one of the most difficult times in our shared history. As we face violence, COVID-19, inequities and injustices for people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and […]
This article was originally published on the Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots in the UAE website The covid-19 pandemic has thrown us all into a very strange world. Environmentally speaking, global lockdowns brought great benefits as cars and aeroplanes were left on their driveways and runways, but the pandemic has brought something else with it […]
This September 21st, we might not be able to gather together to fly our giant doves but we can certainly celebrate Peace day, and indeed, make it a special day! This year is more important than ever to unite (even from afar), and the theme couldn’t be more fitting – ‘Shaping Peace Together’ Here at […]
Getting out into nature is great. It’s great for your health, both physical and mental, and it’s also great for the discoveries you make. It’s also not just for you, but for everyone to enjoy and it’s a home for all sorts of wonderful creatures. So, when we are out and about having fun, investigating […]
We’ve just created a new resource as part of our twinning programme with schools in the UAE and we’d love you to give it a go! Even if you aren’t twinned yet, you could try it out with each other in your group (it’s a great resource to do at home). Our Instructables resource takes students […]
2020 marks a major milestone for Dr Jane Goodall and the whole Roots & Shoots family around the world; on the 14th of July, it will be 60 years to the day since Jane first set foot in what is now the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. She travelled there as a young woman […]
What unsettling times we find ourselves in. I’m sure I speak for a number of us when I say, three months of lockdown is becoming rather tedious. Certainly here in the UK, the future is both uncertain and unpredictable. And the shocking number of fatalities from Covid-19 has placed a very dark shadow across our […]
