Jane Goodall continues to inspire, at age 90

The amazing Jane Goodall turned 90 this year, and is still actively speaking out to preserve endangered species and our beleaguered Earth.

Dr. Goodall is widely regarded as the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, after spending 60 years observing them in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Dr. Goodall was the first to observe chimpanzees making tools to help catch food; before that, it was believed that only humans made tools. Dr. Goodall was also the first to describe the highly complex societies that chimps live within.

In the 1990s, she started the Roots and Shoots program. Now found in nearly 100 countries and growing, Roots & Shoots is a conservation and service-based learning program that gives young people the knowledge and confidence to make a difference in the world by being part of something bigger than themselves.

In 2002, she became a UN Messenger of Peace. At 90 years old, she continues to speak publicly and meet with government officials and business leaders around the world, inspiring all of us to support wildlife conservation and protect critical habitats.