When you visit the Jane Goodall Institute website, you will be welcomed by these facts as the underlying line of work by the institute:

This on its own tells you one thing already, the work of the organization is guided under the banner of animal activism, perhaps with the mission to save but only one specifically targeted species, that is the chimpanzee. But that is NOT the case all, the institute is more than that. But let me not talk about the institute in general, but the underlying visionary who made this institute a reality, the woman after whom the institute is named, Jane Goodall. 

Jane Goodall was born in London. It is said that her love for animals, specifically the chimpanzee started as a girl when she was given a lifelike chimpanzee stuffed animal. From there she would turn out to become a renowned and the number one expert on chimpanzees in the whole world. Such a level of expertise is to be expected when one has spend more than half of their life studying the species. Now at eighty and two years of age, the woman spent fifty and five years of her life studying the social structure of the society of wild chimpanzees in Africa's Gombe Stream National Park found in Tanzania.

One would probably be quick to ask how spending more than a good half of a life with chimpanzees makes one an environmentalist. That her work focuses on protecting chimpanzees means also that she is passionate about their welfare, which makes it fair to protect both the chimpanzees and the natural environment in which they live. That automates her place as a conservationist with passion for human-animal conservation. To understand her better would require a peek into her mind, which is summarized below, one outstanding excerpt of which is outlined below:

 

The environmentalist has written more than twenty books, has featured in and has more than twenty films which tell her story. With such a great footprint on the planet in regards to the protection not only of the environment, but of the animals in it and of people, it is just a matter of time for upcoming and aspiring environmentalists to know about this woman who has been given to mankind as a great gift. 

As a closing report to Tunza because of age and time, and perhaps new commitments, my word to aspiring environmentalists and agents of change Jane Goodall is one of many good figures to look up to as a role model. Tunza is but the beginning of a great journey for the majority of you and do not cut the journey short by losing focus. The world needs many people like Jane Goodall, it also needs people like you and me who can find will in their hearts and minds to follow in the footsteps of others and also take great footsteps of our own to become the change we wish to see, in advocating for and creating the world we wish to live in. No effort or action is too small, every good action adds value to the good fight and the good cause.