Wednesday 5 December 2007

reason for hope


One of the world's most admired women - acclaimed scientist and conservationist, Dr Jane Goodall - Dame of the British Empire (DBE), Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace -visited Anglia Ruskin University for a lecture on 'Reason for Hope'.

She is one of those rare people who provoke reverence wherever she goes. She is frail but tremendously strong at the same time. I told her that one of my daughters wanted to study biology and asked whether she could dedicate the book to her. She wrote:

'For B,

Follow your dreams'

She once said: "Every individual matters, human and non-human alike. Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we understand."
She is a very beautiful woman.