Crop Raiding: A Conservation Catastrophe
Imagine for a moment that you are a rural farmer in Uganda. You marry and start a family. To be able to provide for them, you decide to grow crops. […]
Imagine for a moment that you are a rural farmer in Uganda. You marry and start a family. To be able to provide for them, you decide to grow crops. […]
Contributed by JGI Canada Intern, Michelle Mockus. Toronto, Ontario. The state of the environment, especially with climate change looming, is often expressed with ambivalence and at times, negativity. The situation […]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Roots & Shoots is my favourite Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) program. This youth-oriented program is focused on encouraging young people to […]
As part of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada’s celebration of World Water Day back in March, we asked our blog readers to share their stories about working with Aboriginal […]
When I talk to people about volunteering with the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada (JGI Canada), most are genuinely surprised to learn that the mission of the organization goes beyond […]
My husband and I saw Revolution a couple of weeks ago, and we had a lively discussion about the movie during our walk home. The film really emphasized the Jane […]
Written by JGI Canada Blog Staff. Meet Carissa MacLennan. She is the Director of Education and Youth Engagement at Jane Goodall Institute. When she’s not reading books on development and […]
When Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai turned her attention to the state of the environment in Kenya in 1977, she began with a tool that had been previously overlooked […]
“Kampala city ani?” The head teacher calls to the sea of eager faces. Who does Kampala belong to? “Kampala city YANGE!” The students thunder back with equal enthusiasm. Kampala is […]
We’re weaving through a field of sky-high elephant grass, our feet crunching the broken stalks beneath us. “Is it much farther?” I ask, swatting at a blade of grass that […]