Jane Goodall: What separates us from the apes?
Traveling from Ecuador to Africa, Jane Goodall takes the audience on an ecological journey, discussing highlights and low points of her experiences in the jungle. She shows how progress is helping research (DNA analysis) and hurting the environment (clear-cutting). And she draws a dozen parallels between primate and human behavior, making the point that we really aren't all that different. Our big advantage, she says, is the ability to communicate with sophisticated spoken language -- yet, sadly, we are abusing this power and destroying the planet. She urges the TED audience to behave differently, and use their higher powers to correct the planet's course. www.ted.com
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Comment by Jeanette Kuhl Ozee on April 16, 2009 at 3:08pm -
"Kokopelli"
Native American folklore figure who brought the changes of the seasons with the songs of his flute. The melodies were carried on these winds of change....
Wonderful! This articulate speech retores a lot of the values I have hidden away and revives the terrible wanting of my heart and soul to follow in my hero's footsteps. It makes me ache and makes me want to cry out from my suffocating place in the world for my very own Louis Leakey....it restores so much hope...and reminds me once again, of where I want to be...and what I want to contribute with my life. Wonderful!
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Comment by Veronica on October 19, 2008 at 2:05pm -
Beautiful speech,
Jane Goodall is more than a primatologist to me.
She is my mentor :)
Tank you
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