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Jane Goodall, a defensora da sustentabilidade

Odete Soares Rangel


Jane Goodall é o nome usual da mais conhecida cientista do Séc. XX, Valerie Jane Morris Goodall.  Ela nasceu em Londres, no dia 03 de abril de 1934.

Na luta por um mundo melhor, ela o viaja de ponta a ponta, sendo considerada uma messias da ecologia.

Ela fundou o movimento Roots & Shoots há 20 anos atrás, na Tanzânia

Jane, ainda, realizou estudos do comportamento dos chipanzés na África, o que revolucionou o campo da ciênca do mundo animal, na década de 1960. Quando criança, o pai presenteou-a com um chimpanzé de brinquedo chamado Jubilee. A partir daí,  ela foi criando uma afeição pelos animais. Segundo a Wikipédia ela ainda mantém o brinquedo, penso que tornou-se seu talismã de sorte, pois a fez despertar para o caminho que percorre, com muita alegria. 

Uma de suas metas é educar e promover estilos de vida mais sustentáveis.

Ela seguiu a risca as sugestões de sua mãe, que certa vez alertou-a: "If you realy want something, work hard and never give up; you'll find a way to make your dreams come true".  Essa mensagem a inspirou e a mobilizou a criar o movimento Roots & Shoots.

Com quase 78 anos, ela mantém a energia e a força para percorrer o mundo, promovendo a Roots e alertando sobre o planeta catastrófico que será deixado aos jovens, se o homem não desistir da devastação do meio-ambiente e não criar meios de sustentabilidade.

Ela aposta sua esperança nos jovens. Ela alerta sobre as consequências de não se cuidar do planeta adequadamente, dizendo: "We cannot keep growing indefinitely; there will come a time when the planet cannot sustain us. We already need to make huge changes to feed so many people."

Ela não é apenas uma primatóloga,  etóloga, antropóloga, ou mensageira de paz das Nações Unidas. Jane é uma mulher feliz, doce, amável com as pessoas e com os animais, se sente realizada pelo trabalho que desenvolve e pelos resultados benéficos dele para a preservação do planeta.  A exemplo do The Jane Goodall Institute criado por ela, seus esforços por um mundo melhor são  sua mola mestra na vida, cujos resultados são valiosos para o planeta, e para a humanidade.

As honras e prêmios por ela recebidos que você lerá a seguir foram transcritos da Wikipédia, e dão a dimensão exata da grandeza e da força dessa mulher valorosa.

Parabéns Jane, que seu legado não seja em vão.

"Awards and recognition

Honours

Goodall teaching about wetlands inMartha's Vineyard, 2006
Goodall has received many honours for her environmental and humanitarian work, as well as others. She was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in a ceremony held in Buckingham Palace in 2004.[43] In April 2002, Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Goodall a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Her other honors include the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the French Legion of HonorMedal of TanzaniaJapan's prestigious Kyoto Prize, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, the Gandhi-King Award for Nonviolence and the Spanish Prince of Asturias Awards. She is also a member of the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine and a patron of Population Matters (formerly the Optimum Population Trust). She has received many tributes, honors, and awards from local governments, schools, institutions, and charities around the world. Goodall is honored by The Walt Disney Company with a plaque on the Tree of Life at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park, alongside a carving of her beloved David Greybeard, the original chimp who approached Goodall during her first year at Gombe.[44] In 2010 Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds held a benefit concert at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington DC to commemorate Gombe 50: a global celebration of Jane Goodall’s pioneering chimpanzee research and inspiring vision for our future.[45]

Awards

  • 1980: Order of the Golden Ark, World Wildlife Award for Conservation
  • 1984: J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize
  • 1985: Living Legacy Award from the International Women's League
  • 1985:Society of the United States; Award for Humane Excellence, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • 1987: Ian Biggs' Prize
  • 1989: Encyclopædia Britannica Award for Excellence on the Dissemination of Learning for the Benefit of Mankind; Anthropologist of the Year Award
  • 1990: The AMES Award, American Anthropologist Association; Whooping Crane Conservation Award, Conoco, Inc.; Gold Medal of the Society of Women Geographers; Inamori Foundation Award; Washoe Award; The Kyoto Prize in Basic Science
  • 1991: The Edinburgh Medal
  • 1993: Rainforest Alliance Champion Award
  • 1994: Chester Zoo Diamond Jubilee Medal
  • 1995: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; The National Geographic Society Hubbard Medal for Distinction in Exploration, Discovery, and Research; Lifetime Achievement Award, In Defense of Animals; The Moody Gardens Environmental Award; Honorary Wardenship of Uganda National Parks
  • 1996: The Zoological Society of London Silver Medal; The Tanzanian Kilimanjaro Medal; The Primate Society of Great Britain Conservation Award; The Caring Institute Award; The Polar Bear Award;William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
  • 1997: John & Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement; David S. Ingells, Jr. Award for Excellence; Common Wealth Award for Public Service; The Field Museum's Award of Merit; Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement; Royal Geographical Society / Discovery Channel Europe Award for A Lifetime of Discovery
  • 1998: Disney's Animal Kingdom Eco Hero Award; National Science Board Public Service Award; The Orion Society's John Hay Award
  • 1999: International Peace Award; Botanical Research Institute of Texas International Award of Excellence in Conservation, Community of Christ International Peace Award
  • 2001: Graham J. Norton Award for Achievement in Increasing Community Livability; Rungius Award of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, USA; Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Medal, Harvard Museum of Natural History; Master Peace Award; Gandhi/King Award for Non-Violence
  • 2002: The Huxley Memorial Medal, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; United Nations "Messenger of Peace" Appointment
  • 2003: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science; Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the Global Environment Award; Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Achievement;Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, presented by His Royal Highness Prince Charles; Chicago Academy of Sciences' Honorary Environmental Leader Award
  • 2004: Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest; Will Rogers Spirit Award, the Rotary Club of Will Rogers and Will Rogers Memorial Museums; Life Time Achievement Award, theInternational Fund for Animal Welfare; Honorary Degree from Haverford College
  • 2005: Honorary doctorate degree in science from Syracuse University
  • 2005:Honorary doctorate degree in science from Rutgers University
  • 2005: Presented with Discovery and Imagination Award
  • 2006: Received the 60th Anniversary Medal of the UNESCO and the French Légion d'honneur.
  • 2007: Honorary doctorate degree in commemoration of Carl Linnaeus from Uppsala University
  • 2007: Honorary doctorate degree from University of Liverpool
  • 2008: Honorary doctorate degree from University of Toronto
  • 2011: Honorary doctorate degree from American University of Paris
  • 2011: Order of Merit of the Italian Republic"


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