Roots &
Shoots
by
Pat Cleveland
Are you looking for
a way to contribute to your community? Roots & Shoots
is the Jane Goodall
Institute’s environmental and humanitarian program for
youth. The
mission of Roots & Shoots is to foster respect and compassion
for all living things,
to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs
and to inspire each
individual to take action to make the world a better
place for animals,
the environment and the human community.
Dr. Goodall believes
that the future is in the hands of the world’s young
people. Founded
in Tanzania in 1991, Roots & Shoots groups are now found in
all US states and
in over 50 countries throughout the world. Each group
chooses an activity
or project based on the interests of the group members
that focuses on
either care for the environment, care for the animals, or
care for the community.
Look for Roots &
Shoots representatives to share their stories at the 2003
TEAM conference.
The active service of each child is rooted in the
understanding that
each individual matters, that every individual has a role
to play and that
every individual makes a difference. Dr. Jane Goodall sums
up her reason for
hope in her vision of Roots & Shoots.
Roots creep underground
everywhere and make a firm foundation. Shoots seem
very weak, but to
reach the light they can break open brick walls. Imagine
that the brick walls
are all the problems we have inflicted on our planet.
Hundreds and thousands
of roots and shoots, hundreds and thousands of young
people around the
world, can break through these walls.
You CAN change
the world
--Jane
Goodall
To learn more about
Roots & Shoots contact:
Suzie Geerlings
Program Assistant
Great Lakes Office
Kalamazoo Nature
Center
7000 North Westnedge
Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI
49009
Phone: 616.381.1574
x41
Fax: 616.381.2557
Email: sgeerlings@naturecenter.org
Visit The Jane Goodall
Institute on the Web at http://www.janegoodall.org
Visit The Kalamazoo
Nature Center on the Web at: http://www.naturecenter.org
The
Spring 2003 edition of The Ripple Effect will be published and available
only on this Wesite.
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