“We’re getting to a point of no return, but we still have a window of time. Why do you think I’m rushing around the world?”
When you’re traveling 300 days out of the year for work, a birthday is just another day—even when it’s your 90th. For Dr. Jane Goodall, today’s milestone birthday is another opportunity to spread her call to action—it just comes with a celebratory glass of whiskey and vegan pizza. Goodall, who rose to fame as the world’s foremost primatologist, has become a beacon of environmental activism.
Goodall is frank about the climate crisis, and the younger generation’s pervasive sense of doom when it comes to the future. “Of course they’re quite right, too,” she says. “We have really destroyed the planet. And we’re getting to a point of no return, but we still have a window of time. Why do you think I’m rushing around the world? Because if people lose hope, then you take no action. And then we’re doomed.
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