"Ever since I learned about her, probably in middle school I think, I've looked up to her since then. And I want to become an anthropologist partly because of her."
"We have a program called the Teen Wild Guides. These are young adults in high school who are coming here to the zoo to learn and engage. And it was really an offshoot of her Roots and Shoots program."
"Just bringing all of these handmade little booklets to these kids so that they could learn about to be better stewards of the land, learn about climate change, learn about environmental sustainability and, most importantly, just being a good human being."
Jane Goodall died at 91. She spent decades studying chimpanzees and advancing conservation, visiting the Oakland Zoo several times, most recently in 2022. Her programs influenced zoo initiatives, including the Teen Wild Guides, an offshoot of Roots and Shoots, engaging high school students in learning and stewardship. Young people such as anthropology student Lucy Espinoza say Goodall inspired their career choices. Walnut Creek resident Gregg Chavaria spent a summer with Goodall in Tanzania in 1993, distributing handmade booklets to teach children about stewardship, climate change, and sustainability, and later turned his journals into a book. Her legacy endures in conservation and education programs.
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