In 2015, I met Jane Goodall. She may not remember me, but I sure remember her. Jane Goodall is best known for her work in Africa with the chimpanzees, but she also started the Roots And Shoots program in 1991.
The Roots and Shoots program is an environmental initiative that gives grants to students who are doing things like cleanups and planting trees and flowers. The organization also gives talks to schools to raise awareness of the problems in our world.
Green Mountain Area Homeschoolers was invited to participate in the dedication of “Boulder’s Gombe Grove,” at Horizons School in the fall of 2015. In addition to hearing Dr. Goodall speak and meeting her, we planted one of the ten ‘grove’ trees. Each tree was dedicated to one of Dr. Jane’s chimpanzees from her studies in Tanzania. Our group received the chimp ‘Mike’. Mike had a large interest in throwing trash cans and making a lot of noise.
The Pretty Big Pollinator Project is our seventh annual Roots and Shoots service learning adventure. It’s a great program and I feel very lucky to have met the woman who founded it.
Wish i was there!