Dr. Jane Goodall has an insightful and meaningful conversation with her good friend, Her Excellency Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, the Managing Director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. Razan has devoted her life to advocating for biodiversity protection solutions working both with governments all over the world and also with companies in the private sector. Jane and Razan reminisce over their eight years of friendship and collaboration, from establishing Roots & Shoots in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to traveling to the desert to learn about the conservation efforts started by the first Sheikh and Founder of the UAE, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Together, they discuss the importance of finding solutions that benefit communities and how modern society, just like nature, is most resilient when it is diverse. Razan distinguishes the crucial need to fight for action for both biodiversity and climate change and she shares a quote from one of her favorite authors, Elif Shafak, that echoes both her and Jane’s perspective on the future of this fight: “We need pessimism of the mind and optimism of the heart.”
At the End of the Rainbow: Stay to the end of the episode to hear a rare archival clip of Jane reflecting on our planet's two "lungs."
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Emma Lewisham: Hope is the Beauty of Circular & Carbon Positive
Mailbag: From Tanzania to Germany, Jane Answers Hopecaster Messages About How Anyone with Passion and Empathy Can Make a Difference
Jenna Johnson: Hope is Companies Leading Solutions and Lifting Up Voices for Change
Margaret Atwood: Hope is The Legacy We Build Together for a Better World
Robin Wall Kimmerer: Hope is the Power of Plants and Indigenous Knowledge
Adam McKay: Hope Is Found In Climate Action and the Community Created by Laughter
Mailbag: From Colombia to the UK, Jane Answers Hopecaster Messages About Solving Big Problems by Starting with a Small Change
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ): Hope is Expanding Empathy and the Moral Imagination
Paul Polman: Hope is Putting the Heart Back in Companies for Net Positive Change
Dr. Lilian Pintea: Hope Is Unlocking the Potential of Science, Tech, & Tools to Create a Brighter Future for People, Animals, & the Planet
Mailbag: From Philadelphia to New Zealand, Jane Answers Hopecaster Messages About How They Can Use Their Voices to Create a Better Future
Alice Macharia: Hope Is Communities Leading Conservation for the Good of All
Dr. Evan Antin: Hope is Following Your Heart and Giving Back to Animals
Christiana Figueres: Hope Is Changing Systems and Protecting Our Connection to Nature
Mailbag: From Sweden to India, Jane Answers Hopecaster Messages About Protecting the Natural World and How We Can Each Make a Difference
Rhett Butler: Hope is Sharing Knowledge to Empower
Lisa Jackson: Hope Is Investing In Change
Dan Springer: Hope is Preserving the Earth’s Lungs
Season 2 of The Hopecast is Coming Soon
Mailbag: From Japan to Tanzania, Jane Listens to Hopecaster Messages of Unity and Action for the Future
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