my sister chose jane goodall. she is truly an inspirational voice for the teacher of our planet, and accomplished scientist, accomplished writer, founder of the jane goodall institute which supports research as well as many other programs and research and education. i've had the chance to visit their education programs in schools in massachusetts and in colorado called roots and shoots to bring kids closer to issues around the environment. icier see that we have kids here today. she continues to travel and speak to save our planets. over 300 days a year she speaks. in fact, the last time iran into her was changing planes in heathrow airport in london about two years ago. we were both crossing and we knew each other and we said hello. that is where she is most frequently found as she travels the globe, roots and shoots alone is now in over 30 countries. as a voice for primates, for chimps, but more generally for our planet and for ourselves. she was designated by u.s. secretary in 2002 as a messenger of peace. she

thought well i'll give a drummer in a moment if i may but you see we have pioneering primatologist jane goodall on this program we've had angela davis the former black panther they kept on emphasizing the environment the deforestation that may have played a part in the creation of coronavirus but the nurse will maybe international conversation is. it's not the environment what i hear from a scientist a couple days ago is the likelihood of a vaccine is it's a big guess it's that they're really in territory they don't know much about i think it's going to become very clear to everyone that our immune system what we eat what we breathe what we drink is crucial to our surviving this pandemic obvious that may well be coming and if once you get into looking closely at your own health pretty soon you start to look at what you're breathing i certainly in here london i really have noticed the improvement of the air the improvement of the water and and of about 15 years ago i started to look at what i was eating and whether it was actually providing what it said it was providing on the label which in man

tonight it is jane goodall discussing her book "hope for animals and their world: how endangered speciesg rescued from the brink" from 2009 at georgetown university.