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- Ken :
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Are you worried about our future?
- Jane :
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Yes, I am.
But my hope lies in young people.
That’s why I started Roots & Shoots.
It began with a group of high school students in Tanzania/in 1991.
It is called Roots & Shoots/because roots can work their way through rocks/to reach water.
And shoots can break through a wall/to reach the sunlight.
The rocks and wall are the problems/humans have caused to our earth.
- Ken :
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Is it a kind of club for young people?
- Jane :
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Yes.
We now have groups all over the world/and each group chooses three projects:/one to help people,/one to help animals,/one to help the environment.
The world is a better place/when a sad person smiles at you,/when a dog wags its tail for you,/or when you give water to a thirsty plant.
That’s what Roots & Shoots is all about.
- Ken :
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Some final words?
- Jane :
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People should think about the consequences/of the little choices they make each day.
What to buy?
What to eat?
What to wear?
You are just one person,/but what you do affects the whole world.
The changes you make may be small,/but if a thousand,/then a million,/finally a billion people/all make those changes,/this is going to make a big difference.
- Ken :
- Dr. Goodall,/thank you very much for sharing your ideas with us.