Crisis

"I think when people say to me, “Jane, I really want to help, what can I do?” If people could just spend a bit of time each day thinking about the consequences of their choices. Like what do you eat? Well, that may seem simple, I ate this or that today, but where did it come from, how many miles did it travel, did it harm did the environment, how much pesticide was used, was it child slave labor? If it was intensive farming, how did that affect the animals? How did it affect the environment, and how did it affect your health? The same with what you wear, how you travel, how you connect with people—if people would just start thinking about the consequences of all these small actions. Cumulatively our small decisions, choices, and actions, make a very big difference.

People should never give up—there is always hope. Okay, the natural world is in a real crisis situation, but all around the planet there are extraordinary people who are absolutely determined that certain animal species or plants or ecosystems shall be helped to restore themselves." Jane Goodall

Suggested Reading: Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink by Jane Goodall