Merry Christmas!

We hope you had a happy, productive and peaceful  2014.  The JGI Australia team wishes to thank each and every one of you for supporting us through the year. We are grateful to our JGIA members, our hard-working Roots & Shoots members, our Chimp Guardians, our volunteers, our corporate supporters and every one else who enables us to work towards our mission to connect Animals, People and the Environment.

2014 has been a great year for JGI. Some of our highlights include:

• Jane Goodall’s Australian tour which enabled Jane to reach millions of Australians with her urgent messages to help our planet
• Hundreds of new Roots & Shoots members
• Expanded Roots & Shoots into the Northern Territory
• Recycled approximately 2350 mobile phones
• Raised funds to support our colleagues in JGI Nepal and JGI South Africa for urgent causes
• Collaborated with other organisations to support Australian issues such as dingo protection, duck protection, shark protection in Western Australia and the Great Forest National Park.
• Connected with businesses such as White King to make compassionate decisions.

This would not have been possible without your support.  Best wishes for the new year.

A personal video message from Jane to Australia is here.

A video from the Tchimpounga chimpanzee sanctuary is here.

1. White King Pulls Chimpanzee Commercial Off Air

JGI is opposed to using Great Apes in advertising and entertainment. Many of you would have seen the recent White King commercial where 3 chimpanzees were used as actors. JGI Australia met with Pental, the company who owns White King, to raise our concerns. By the next day, Pental announced that the commercial will pulled off air on November 22. We are very grateful to Pental for making a decision for the benefit of chimpanzee protection.  We hope Pental’s decision will inspire other companies internationally to stop using Great Apes in advertising. To learn about the issues behind Great Apes in advertising, please click here.
 
2. Animals in Nepal Need Urgent Help

JGI Australia has joined forces with JGI Nepal to stop the world’s biggest massacre. On 28th November, approximately 500,000 animals are due to be slaughtered near the Gadhimai Temple in Nepal.  The organisers of the Gadhimai Festival have never been under so much pressure to stop the sacrifice, but urgent funds are needed. To donate, please click here. To read more, please click here.
 
3. Jane’s Video Message

Dr Jane Goodall sent a message to the delegates of the Asia- Pacific Rainforest Summit and the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, both held in Sydney earlier in November. The World Parks Congress saw more than 5,000 delegates from over 160 countries including heads of state, park rangers, business,  organisation and indigenous leaders, as well as our own JGI team represented by Lilian Pintea from JGI USA, Polly Cevallos and Natalie Houghton from JGI Australia. All were gathered to define the future of protected areas and place them at the centre of solutions to today’s global challenges. Watch Jane’s video message here.

4. Roots & Shoots Expands to the Northern Territory

Arlparra, located 260kms North-East of Alice Springs, is the main community providing services to 16 homelands in the region known as Utopia.  The Arlparra School is the first school in the Northern Territory to join Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program, leading the way for many more.  Utopia Elder and Northern Territory Australian of Year, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks said, “Roots & Shoots reinforces the connection to our land, our plants and our animals.”

(Photo- Natalie Houghton from JGI Australia and Rosalie Kunoth-Monks from Utopia)

5. Jane Goodall and David Attenborough Support the Great Forest National Park

Sydney has the Blue Mountains. Melbourne wants to create the Great Forest National Park, a protected area of forest stretching from Kinglake through to the Baw Baws and north-east up to Eildon.  Jane joined Sir David Attenborough in support of the GFNP.

“Over thousands of years, nature has provided the resources that have helped us to survive and flourish. Now, in a time of need, we must help nature to survive. The Great Forest National Park is a project to secure the future of a threatened ecosystem. If we act now, we will be ensuring the forest can continue to provide services that support us- clean water, fresh air and storage of carbon. If we fail now, what future will we have chosen for our grandchildren and their grandchildren?  Please join me in supporting the creation of the Great Forest National Park.” Dr Jane Goodall, DBE

6. Chimp Eden Appeal- Thank you

Chimp Eden Sanctuary in South Africa provides a safe home and long-term care for 34 rescued chimpanzees.  JGI Australia launched an emergency appeal in October to raise funds to build an urgently needed, escape-proof enclosure. As a result of your generosity, we raised $1792 which has been directed to Chimp Eden.  Thank you very much for your support. Please feel welcome to follow the story of Nikki and Amadeus on their Facebook page.

7. JGI Online Shop for Christmas Gifts

Christmas is fast approaching. Visit our online shop for gift ideas ranging from JGI labelled wine, to hand made art pieces (Funky Chooks) from South Africa and Jane Goodall’s latest book, Seeds of Hope. Alternatively, why not give a Chimp Guardianship as a Christmas gift? You can adopt a chimp here.

1. The Gadhimai Festival

In 2009, approximately 250,000 farm animals were inhumanely sacrificed during Nepal’s Gadhimai Festival. This horrific event occurs every 5 years, with funding from the government, and will be held again this November. We’re calling on all our friends and members to support the work of our colleagues at the Jane Goodall Institute Nepal. Join the Global Action Movement and raise your voice for the animals of Nepal.  Click here to find out more.

2. Emergency Appeal – Last 2 Days

Chimp Eden Sanctuary in South Africa provides long-term care for 34 rescued chimpanzees. Nikki and Amadeus, victims of the bush meat trade, were rescued in 1996. As a result of unfortunate circumstances, they are endangered for the second time due an incident of aggression. We need an escape-proof enclosure to ensure the safety of Nikki and Amadeus as well as staff of the sanctuary.  If we do not build the required sanctuary, both chimpanzees will face euthanasia.  The global emergency appeal aims to raise $250,000 by the end of the year to build a safe, escape-proof enclosure and upgrade the existing enclosures in the sanctuary. JGI Australia is helping by directing 100% of all online donations (excluding memberships and Chimp Guardian donations) received in October, to Chimp Eden. You can watch Jane Goodall’s video message here and follow the story on their Facebook page.

Please help Nikki and Amadeus by making a tax deductible donation before the end of October here. 

3. Roots & Shoots Project of the Month

Roots & Shoots members in Victoria helped Sea Shepherd Conservation Society by collecting kitchen provisions for the ships which are soon heading back to the Southern Ocean to patrol for illegal poaching activities. On October 24, Roots & Shoots members were thanked by members of the Sea Shepherd crew with a special tour of the Steve Irwin which is docked in Melbourne.  Thank you to everyone who collected provisions, donated provisions and met at the Steve Irwin to show support.

(Photo-Hannah Malone, Haans Siver, Ben Baldwin, Natalie Houghton)

4. Gombe Street View

In partnership with Google Maps, Google Earth Outreach and Tanzania National Parks, JGI is pleased to announce the launch of Gombe Street View, a new and exciting way to explore the same forests and trails that Dr. Jane Goodall explored in her studies of the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park.  Click here to start exploring.

5. A Message from Paul Smith, Interim Chair

JGIA is delighted to announce that five outstanding individuals will be joining our board of directors in November. With a blend of governance expertise, strategic thinking and a passion for animals, people and the environment, we believe they will complement the current organisation and enhance our ability to deliver positive impact and real change in the world. To read more, please click here.

1. UN International Day of Peace

Roots & Shoots members around the world celebrated the International Day of Peace on September 21. Congratulations to our Roots & Shoots members who participated. We would love to hear how you celebrated! Please send though any photos and stories to rootsandshoots@janegoodall.org.au. Jane Goodall’s video message can be seen here.

(Photo- Jane Kennedy)

2. National Day of Action for Dingoes

Resulting from a meeting between Jane Goodall and a handful of dingo protection advocates in June, the inaugural National Day of Action for Dingoes was celebrated across Australia on September 21, calling for a truce on the war against dingoes. During the day, the Australian Dingo Coalition (ADC) was launched, giving dingoes greater hope for a sustainable future.

Click here to watch “It’s Hard to be a Dingo” song dedicated to Jane Goodall. Click here to listen to a radio interview about the Day of Action and the ADC. Thank you to the many individuals and organisations who supported the event. Click here to read about Zoos Victoria’s involvement.  (Left photo- Tim Faulkner (television personality and Ambassador for the ADC). Right photo- Roots & Shoots members Zara and Eliza Houghton at the Healesville Sanctuary).

3. Emergency Appeal for Chimp Eden, South Africa

Chimp Eden Sanctuary provides a safe home and long-term care for 34 rescued chimpanzees. The chimpanzees were rescued from dire conditions, having suffered from the consequences of years of civil war, the bush meat trade, the pet trade or the entertainment industry. Nikki and Amadeus, victims of the bush meat trade, were rescued in 1996. As a result of unfortunate circumstances, they are endangered for the second time due an incident of aggression. Authorities have determined that the two chimpanzees need an escape-proof enclosure to ensure the safety of Nikki and Amadeus as well as staff of the sanctuary.  If we do not build the required sanctuary, both chimpanzees will face euthanasia.  We cannot let this happen. The global emergency appeal aims to raise $250,000 by the end of the year to build a safe, escape-proof enclosure and an upgrade of all the existing enclosures in the Sanctuary. JGI Australia is helping by directing 100% of all online donations (excluding memberships and Chimp Guardian donations) received in October, to Chimp Eden. Please help Nikki and Amadeus by making a tax deductible donation during October here.  You can watch Jane Goodall’s video message here and follow the story on their Facebook page.

4. Roots & Shoots Spotlight – Eliza Jenkins

Following an overnight safari at Werribee Zoo where she learned about the plight of gorillas, 7 year old Eliza Jenkins approached her parents and said she wanted to raise funds and awareness at her school. With the support of her parents, Eliza organised to meet with her principal at Ocean Grove Primary School and shared her idea of holding a ‘Wear Your Onesie Day’ to raise money for the Jane Goodall Institute. Eliza encouraged students to bring a gold coin donation and old mobile phones to be recycled. They raised about $450 and collected 75 phones! If you’d like to organise a Mobile Phone Recycling campaign at your school or workplace, email recycle@janegoodall.org.au.

5. Roots & Shoots Kitchen Supplies Drive

Roots & Shoots members across Victoria can help Sea Shepherd Conservation Society by organising collections of kitchen supplies/provisions for the ships which are heading back to the Southern Ocean to patrol for illegal poaching activities later this year. There will be a special tour of the ships for our R&S members on October 24.  Please bring your kitchen supplies then. If you’d like to organise a collection at your school, please email rootsandshoots@janegoodall.org.au.

6. World Vegetarian Day

October 1 was World Vegetarian Day and the kick off to vegetarian awareness month. Below are two videos about the importance of becoming vegetarian or eating less meat.

Video of why Jane is a vegetarian    Jane’s Statement on Intensive Farming 

7. Board News

JGI Australia is in the process of finalising our new board members to lead the organisation to its next phase of development. Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in joining us. The volume and calibre of applicants was very encouraging and the new directors will be announced in October.

1. Art Workshops

Calling all budding artists! Archibald and Doug Moran National Portrait prize finalist Bob Baird, has kindly offered his world class artistic skills to support JGI! We are developing 2 day, animal sketching workshops for beginning adults and welcome your input. Please contact Natalie natalie@janegoodall.org.au by 5pm August 25, to express your interest and let us know where you live (closest city) and what sort of animals you’d like to sketch (eg. Australian animals, African animals, rescued dogs, pigs, horses, chickens etc.).

2. A Conversation with Jane

A reporter from The Verb caught up with Jane Goodall, “the rock-star grandma of the environmental movement”, in Melbourne recently. Their conversation covers a range of topics from climate change to meat eating and antibiotics.  The interview is available here.

 
 
3. New Board Members

JGI Australia is in the process of finalising our new board members to lead the organisation to its next phase of development. Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in joining us. The volume and calibre of applicants was very encouraging and the new directors will be announced soon.

4. Roots & Shoots Spotlight

Roots & Shoots members from Bali, Melati and Isabel Wijsen, initiated the Bye-Bye Plastic Bags campaign in an effort to rid Bali of plastic bags. They now have a team of over 25 students working with them from schools all over the region and have a petition running to ban the use, sale and production of plastic bags in Bali by January 2015. They need a million signatures on the petition to get the Governor of Bali to fulfil his directive to ban plastic bags in Bali.   Bye Bye Plastic Bags Petition 

5. Roots & Shoots Helping Sea Shepherd

Roots & Shoots groups and solutionaries across Victoria have been invited to help Sea Shepherd Conservation Society by organising collections of kitchen supplies/provisions for the vessels, which are heading back to the Southern Ocean to patrol for illegal poaching activities later this year. There will be a special tour of the ships and the organisations ships operations base, for our R&S members on September 16.  If you’d like to join us, please email:rootsandshoots@janegoodall.org.au

1. Jane’s Prayer for World Peace

In light of recent tragedies around our world, we’d like to share this prayer for world peace by Jane Goodall.

2. JGI and Rotary Partnership

While in Sydney last month, Jane Goodall met with the Chair of the proposed Rotary Action Group for Endangered Species (RAGES), John Glassford.  During the meeting, Jane agreed to  become the patron for RAGES.

Rotary International is now in over 200 countries with 1.2 million members in 34,000 clubs. Although RAGES is in its infancy, with the support of Jane and JGI, John believes they will be effective in assisting a myriad of endangered species. We look forward to a long and mutually rewarding association with Rotary. Further information is available here. (Photo-John Glassford, Jane Goodall, Susan Glassford, Natalie Houghton)

3. Seeking New Board Members

JGI Australia is seeking new board members to lead the organisation to its next phase of development.  If you share our mission to connect animals, people and the environment and would like to offer your services, there may be a role for you.

Please go to this page for further information.

4. Roots & Shoots in Indonesia

Following her recent tour in Australia, Dr Jane visited Bali as a guest of Green School where she spent four days with students from around Bali, promoting Roots & Shoots and meeting people from animal welfare and conservation groups in Indonesia. Over 85 groups from five islands in Indonesia have now joined the global Roots & Shoots movement! Watch this amazing tribute to Dr Jane from the Green School community. The song is entitled “Roots Go Down” and was written by performing arts teacher, Sarita Pockell and performed by students and the school community.

5. Compassion Fatigue

JGIA is a beacon for compassionate people who want a better world for animals, people and the environment. People often contact us expressing their despair about our planet’s problems which can sometimes be overwhelming.  This article offers 4 tips to overcome compassion fatigue.

1. Jane Goodall’s Australian Tour

Jane Goodall’s Australian Tour- Celebrating her 80^th Year- was a great success thanks to our many volunteers, supporters, media, sponsors and dedicated personnel. Jane reached approximately 30 million people through media circulation and events, raising awareness of the Institute to an unprecedented level. Thank you Jane for coming to Australia! We miss you already!

Photos of the tour, kindly taken by Phil Hines Photography, can be seen here.
 
2. Thank You to Sponsors

Jane’s tour would not have been possible without sponsorship support. Most sponsorship was specific to an event, with the exception of Qantas who was our major tour sponsor. We’d also like to thank our many other sponsors on this page.
 
3. Return of the Phasmid Book Launch

On June 25, at the Melbourne Zoo, The Return of the Phasmid was launched by JGI CEO, Natalie Houghton (left). The book, written by Rick Wilkinson (right), tells the extraordinary story of a stick insect who, after being decimated by rats on Lord Howe Island, was believed to be extinct for 80 years, only to be rediscovered in a tiny rock crevice in the middle of the sea! Natalie said the book shows us “what good people can do when they’re determined. We need more books like The Return of the Phasmid to raise our spirits and give us hope”. The book, including a foreward by Jane Goodall, is available through this link.
 
4. Roots & Shoots Spotlight

Recently, a Geelong based R&S group launched the Roots & Shoots Girls Education Project. Their first campaign is in support of JGI’s Peer to Peer Education Program in Uganda. The Peer to Peer Education program is a part of JGI’s community conservation approach and the campaign’s goal is to raise $8000 to support 80 girls throughout their entire high school education. That’s just $100 for a single girl’s whole secondary schooling! You can find out more about this amazing campaign here, and check out their campaign resource if you’re interested in fundraising or getting involved.
 
5. What’s Happened to Wounda?

Many of you have seen the heartrending video of Wounda, the chimpanzee, being released onto Tchindzoulou Island. The expansion of JGI’s Tchimpounga Rehabilitation Centre to the islands creates much needed space at the current sanctuary site and gives chimpanzees like Wounda more space to thrive in a safe, more natural environment, free from poachers. Wounda is now sharing the island with 11 other chimps and their carers and we hope to relocate another 48. You can help by joining our Chimp Guardian program here.

1. Australia Welcomes Dr Jane Goodall!

Jane has arrived in Australia for the highly anticipated live shows and  leadership seminars. Book today before tickets sell out.
Tickets to Jane’s 3 live shows are on sale now through Ticketmaster. Phone: 136100

Tickets to Jane’s corporate leadership seminars are on sale now through Trybooking. For further information and bookings, please click here for Sydney and here for Melbourne.

2. Solutionary Spotlight: Isabella Stevenson

Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots is a global movement of empowered youth creating a better world for Animals, People and the Environment. Our individual members are called Solutionaries.  Isabella, aged 17, has a passion for sustainability and social justice. “I have always felt compassion towards people, as well as having a connection to the natural world. I feel that it’s our responsibility to ensure that we don’t leave future generations to solve world problems caused by this one.” Click here to read about Isabella’s activities.

To join our growing network of Solutionaries, please click here..

Isabella on left with friend.

3. Roots & Shoots Online Course

Join Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots online professional development course: Turning Learners into Leaders. Registration is open now. Click here for more information.

4. Roots & Shoots making a Difference in US Prison

Marc Bekoff, professor at the University of Colorado, is one of the world’s pioneering cognitive ethologists and co-founder, with Jane Goodall, of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Marc has been teaching  animal behavior and conservation biology at the Boulder County Jail as part of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program for 14 years. The course is one of the most popular in the jail. Read more here.

5. JGI Uganda Tour -September 28- October 12, 2014

Only two places left! Further information can be found on this brochure.

1. Jane Goodall Celebrating her 80^th Year Tour

Only a month to go! Book tickets for Jane’s live shows to be hosted by Jennifer Byrne in Sydney and Melbourne and Ray Martin in Queensland, through Ticketmaster today. Jane’s special guests at the Queensland show include Terri and Bindi Irwin.

Book tickets for Jane’s corporate leadership seminars  through Trybooking.
Click here for Melbourne and here for Sydney.

2. Jane Goodall’s Latest Book- Seeds of Hope

From childhood, through her ground-breaking research in the forests of Gombe, to her worldwide travels today supporting the Jane Goodall Institute’s mission to protect threatened chimpanzee habitat and educate new generations of young people around the world, Dr Goodall’s stories show her fascination with and love of plants and the amazing people working to protect them.

Jane’s latest book will be available at her live shows and corporate leadership seminars.

3. Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Networks

JGI is excited to announce that Roots & Shoots members can now connect nationally AND globally!

Australian Roots & Shoots members, who we call solutionaries, have an exclusive Facebook group where ideas, issues, problems and achievements are shared. This is a great way to get in touch with like-minded Australians. If you are a registered solutionary, you are welcome to join our group. Please click here to register a group, or here to register as an individual solutionary.
 

Roots & Shoots members around the world also have a way of connecting by sharing projects through the global website.  Share your projects or view other groups’ projects here.
 
4. Solutionary Spotlight

Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program is making a difference in more than 135 countries around the world, including Tanzania. This month, our spotlight is on a group from the Sokoine Primary School who are trying to preserve their local forest and knowledge of traditional medicines through the ‘Jane Goodall Herbal Medicine Project”.  The project needs urgent financial support. Please view their crowd funding campaign here.
 
5. SwitchOn! Magazine by SBN Radio

JGI Australia is proudly partnered with SBN and pleased to share their current magazine which features some of our solutionaries and an interview with Debby Cox from JGI’s Africa Programs. To download the magazine, please click here.

1. Jane Goodall’s Australian Tour- Celebrating her 80^th Year!

Tickets to Jane’s 3 live shows are on sale now through Ticketmaster.

Tickets to Jane’s corporate leadership seminars are on sale now through Trybooking. For further information and bookings, please click here for Sydney and here for Melbourne.

2. New Solutionaries Facebook Group

The Australian members of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program are called solutionaries. Solutionaries are young leaders who are changing our world to create a better future for animals, people and eco-systems. Registered solutionaries now have their very own, exclusive Facebook Group where they can connect with like-minded people, share projects, issues, ideas and gain a sense of comradeship.  Solutionaries, please join the group and enjoy!
 
3. Jane’s 80^th Birthday is Just Around the Corner

On April 3, thousands of people around the world will be celebrating Jane Goodall’s extraordinary 80 years. You can send Jane an e- birthday card from this link.

4. JGI Uganda Tour -September 28- October 12

Further information can be found on this brochure.