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By
George
Lewis
Tim
Collins
Jane
Goodall addresses a capacity crowd at the Singletary
Center for the Arts
“I
have three reasons for hope: the capacity of the human
brain, the resilience of nature and the indomitable
human spirit.”
Jane
Goodall
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Sept.
26 , 2002 (Lexington, Ky.) -- Jane
Goodall brought her message of hope today to the University
of Kentucky.
Apparently,
she got her message across. The capacity crowd of
1,500 at the Singletary Center for the Arts gave the
world-renowned primatologist three standing ovations.
Goodall
said that despite crime, gang violence, deforestation,
war and terrorism, she retains hope that mankind will
right itself.
"I
have three reasons for hope: the capacity of the human
brain, the resilience of nature and the indomitable
human spirit," she said.
Goodall, 66, spent 40 years in the African wilds in
missionary-like efforts to save chimpanzees from extinction.
The university
bussed in 30 groups of school children from across
the state for Goodall's presentation. The students
represented public and private schools and home-schooled
students.
Through
the Jane Goodall
Institute, Goodall works with schools worldwide
through a program she created called Roots
and Shoots. It has more than 4,000 chapters --
37 in Kentucky -- that teach children about nature,
different cultures and how to preserve the environment.
Following
her presentation, Goodall spent about two hours autographing
books she has written.
UK President
Lee T. Todd Jr. said Goodall's lecture provided the
kind of intellectual sparks that should occur at Kentucky's
flagship university.
Lexington
businessman Tracy Farmer, who funded the UK Tracy
Farmer Center for the Environment, underwrote
Goodall’s visit to UK.
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