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Goodall went on to explain that she hopes the younger generation will recognize the effects of their behavior: “Just remember, we’re part of this amazing animal kingdom. Other animals like us can feel happy or sad. Other animals like us can suffer—mentally as well as physically. And just give pause to think about the abuse that we encounter as we travel around. But It’s not only that we abuse other animals: We also abuse other human beings. And we also abuse mother nature.” [_Follow Motto on Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/)_._ Respect, says Goodall, is the solution. “We may have different colored skin, we may be from different cultures, we may eat different things and wear different clothes, but wherever you go in the world: If you cry, your tears are the same. If you’re happy, you laugh, and the laughter around the world is the same. … Within each one of us all around the world, the human heart is structured the same.” Watch the full speech above. _Watch more 2016 commencement speeches:_ [Anne-Marie Slaughter: ‘Care Is as Important as Career’](http://motto.time.com/4321549/anne-marie-slaughter-university-of-utah-commencement-speech/) [Barack Obama: ‘Passion Is Vital, But You’ve Got to Have a Strategy’](http://motto.time.com/4322786/barack-obama-howard-university-commencement-speech/) [Condoleezza Rice to Grads: ‘Don’t Let Anyone Else Define Your Passion’](http://motto.time.com/4323641/condoleezza-rice-high-point-university-commencement-speech/) [Cory Booker to Grads: ‘Tell Your Truth’](http://motto.time.com/4339149/cory-booker-washington-university-commencement/) [Darren Walker to Grads: ‘Stand For Something’](http://motto.time.com/4341702/darren-walker-nyu-commencement-speech/) [Earl Lewis: ‘Never Confuse The Attainement of an Education with What It Means to Be Educated’](http://motto.time.com/4338548/earl-lewis-carnegie-mellon-commencement-speech/) [Eboo Patel to Wake Forest Grads: ‘The Only Shame Is in Stagnation’](http://motto.time.com/4340068/eboo-patel-commencement-wake-forest/) [Hoda Kotb: ‘You’re the Sum Total of the Five People You Spend the Most Time With’](http://motto.time.com/4338660/hoda-kotb-tulane-university-commencement-speech/) [J.K. 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[00:10] Dr. Goodall will you please join me. At [00:14] the [00:16] podium. [00:18] [ APPLAUSE ] [00:21] And [00:23] again, to assist in the recognition, I call on our interim [00:27] dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Fred [00:31] Rabinowitz. And give him a hand, because this is his [00:33] last. [ APPLAUSE ] He will [00:40] present the proclamation highlighting all of Dr. [00:43] Goodall's accomplishments. The University of [00:47] Redlands, with great respect and deep appreciation [00:51] commends and honors Dr. Jane Goodall. World [00:55] renowned primatologist, ethologists, and UN [00:59] Messenger of Peace. Who's seminole body of work had [01:03] given us a wealth of scientific discovery. And has [01:07] forever altered our image and knowledge of our [01:11] closest living relatives. As a global citizen, [01:15] she has remained relentless, tackling environmental [01:18] problems while advocating for sustainable living. [01:23] Fascinated with animals and nature from childhood, [01:26] Dr. Goodall had an early ambition to experience [01:29] African wildlife first hand. Since 1960, she [01:34] has been sharing discoveries and insights from the [01:37] groundbreaking chimpanzee study she developed [01:40] along the shores of Lake Tanganyika in what is now [01:42] Tanzania's Gombe National Park. Her [01:47] pioneering work in establishing that behavioral and [01:51] research program now stands as one of the longest [01:54] running Studies of animals in the wild and it has given [01:58] us the rare privilege of an unfiltered window into [02:03] chimpanzee life, habitat and culture. Dr. [02:07] Goodall's early findings that chimpanzees make and [02:10] use tools, have complex social groups And [02:14] communicate and show emotion, have challenged long [02:17] standing scientific ideas and contributed profoundly [02:22] to changing our understanding of what it means to be [02:24] human while further underscoring the message that we [02:28] are a part of the animal kingdom and not separated [02:31] from it. Dr Goodall continues to enlighten generations [02:35] with her research and gives us reason to pause and [02:39] reflect on the fundamental interconnectedness of the [02:42] world. Tracing endangered species to modern- day [02:45] practices and man- made natural disasters, Dr [02:49] Goodall has expanded her mission to an ever greater [02:52] goal. To empower us to take an active interest in all [02:56] living things. The Jane Goodall Institute leads the way [03:01] in accomplishing this mission. Locally, the institute has [03:05] provided the people who live around the chimpanzee [03:07] environment, the tools needed to address their daily [03:11] needs and manage their natural resources Globally, [03:16] her institute creates positive change by protecting [03:19] great aids through sanctuary and care, using [03:22] technology to achieve conservation in critical habitats, [03:27] and working to keep girls in school, promoting [03:30] sustainable agricultural practices. And inspiring young [03:34] minds with programs like Roots & Shoots. [ APPLAUSE ] [03:40] Established in 1991 and now found in over 130 [03:44] countries, Roots & Shoots integrates knowledge, [03:47] compassion and action to empower our youth with [03:51] practical solutions to today's problems. Resulting in a [03:54] direct and positive impact in the lives of people, [03:58] animals, and the environment. We celebrate Dr. [04:01] Goodall not only as an outstanding member of the [04:04] scientific community, but also as an environmentalist, [04:08] challenging mankind to even better stewards of nature [04:11] and life bringing resources. A goal the Redlands [04:15] Community aspires to and shares with the Jane Goodall [04:18] institute. Through the example of her remarkable life [04:22] story Dr. Goodall shows up the limitless possibilities [04:26] that emerge from perseverance Service to others and [04:29] an unwavering passion to achieve balance and [04:33] coexistence with all that is around us. She has [04:36] illuminated within us a deeper appreciation of our [04:40] humanity and existence. For this and more, the [04:44] University of Redlands and its Board of Trustees [04:47] Convey our deepest respect and gratitude to Dr. Jane [04:51] Goodall's exemplary life work, and we confer upon [04:55] her the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. [04:58] [ APPLAUSE ] [05:12] At this time, on behalf of the board of trustees [05:16] of the University of Redlands, it's my privilege to [05:19] present to you the Doctoral Hood symbolizing the [05:21] honorary degree doctor of humane letters. And [05:25] recognizing your outstanding accomplishments. So, Dr. [05:29] Jane Goodall, by the authority vested in me by the [05:33] trustees, I now confer upon you the honorary degree of [05:37] Doctor of Humane Letters, for which you have been [05:40] recommended, with all the rights, privileges, and [05:43] responsibilities pertaining thereto. I've asked Kathy [05:48] Ogren, our Provost, to place the University of Redlands [05:50] hood. [ APPLAUSE ] And [06:01] as evidence of the degree, I present you with this [06:04] diploma of the University of Redlands, signed by the [06:06] Chairman of the Board and embossed with the great [06:09] seal of the University of Redlands. Congratulations. [06:11] [ SOUND ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [06:32] [ APPLAUSE ] Well, [06:56] you know it's a great honor to be welcomed [07:01] into the Redland family. [ APPLAUSE ] [07:04] And you given me a wonderful welcome. So you [07:08] know, we humans we can be very restrained and very [07:11] respectful and very quiet I think you behave a little [07:15] bit more like the chimpanzees I've studied so [07:19] long. [ APPLAUSE ] And so a chimpanzee [07:24] who's excited like this like I am right now [07:28] [ NOISE ]. [ APPLAUSE ] Well, [07:44] we're here to honor all of you graduates. And so the [07:48] little message I want to bring you now is. For me, [07:52] you know I'm standing here now towards the end of my [07:55] life you're beginning yours. When I look back on my [07:58] life's journey I realize that by myself I could have done [08:02] nothing and I always pay tribute to those people [08:07] who helped me along the way. In particular I was [08:10] fortunate enough to have an amazing mother. And [08:13] many of you have amazing mothers. And. [ APPLAUSE ] [08:21] So my message is for the parents as well. Because [08:24] what a difference it makes even in chimpanzee society [08:28] there are good mothers and bad mothers And those [08:31] with good mothers do better they're more self assured [08:34] and they make a better contribution to chimpanzees [08:38] society. So I truly always want to honor my [08:42] mother and the role that she played. When I was ten as [08:46] you heard I decided I wanted to go to Africa live with [08:49] animals and write books about them. I didn't have any [08:52] plan to be a scientist Because in those days, girls [08:55] didn't do that sort of thing. And everybody laughed at [08:59] me. How would I get to Africa? It was far away, it was [09:02] the dark continent. World war two was raging in [09:05] Europe, we had very little money, you know clothing [09:08] and books and everything was second hand. And so [09:12] worst of all, I was just a mere girl. And I could have [09:16] been a nurse or a secretary or something like that. [09:19] Going to Africa, living with animals, Jane dream about [09:22] something you can achieve. But not my mother. And [09:26] what she said to me is what I say to young people all [09:29] around the world. If you really want something, first of [09:32] all determine you really do want This. And [09:36] secondly, take advantage of opportunity. And thirdly, [09:41] you're probably going to have to work really hard, but [09:45] finally and most important of all, never give up. I [09:49] didn't go straight to Africa. I couldn't get a University [09:53] degree when I left school. To get a scholarship you had [09:56] to be good in a foreign language and I wasn't. So I just [10:00] did a secretarial source, but in the back of my mind I [10:03] will get to Africa somehow. And when I was invited by a [10:07] school friend I raised the money by working as a [10:10] waitress, and I got out of there. And then as you know, [10:13] I had this amazing opportunity offered to me to go [10:17] and live with and learn from Not any old animal but the [10:21] one most like us. And when I look back over what is [10:25] now 55 years of unbroken study of [10:29] these communities of chimpanzees in Gombe National [10:32] Park, the thing that stands out most is how like us they [10:37] are biologically but behaviorally too. And this really [10:41] helped to break the way that scientists were thinking. [10:45] When I finally went to Cambridge University, I don't [10:49] know what you undergraduates will think of this, but [10:52] Louis Leaky told me that I had to get a degree. [10:55] Because I would have to get my own money and I [10:57] needed that piece of paper but there was no time to [11:00] bother with a BA. I had to go straight for a PhD. I don't [11:03] know what you think of that. But I felt that many [11:07] students resented me because I had gone in the back [11:10] door. Worst of all the professors told me I had done [11:13] my study completely wrong. I shouldn't have given the [11:16] chimpanzees names. I couldn't talk about their [11:18] personality, their minds or their emotions. Why? [11:22] Because those were unique to us. But gradually, as [11:26] the stories from Gombe and other field research on [11:29] complex social animals, as these came to light, [11:34] scientific Scientific attitude [11:38] towards animals gradually changed. And today, as you [11:41] go forth into the world, just remember we're part [11:45] of this amazing animal kingdom and other animals like [11:49] us can feel happy or sad, other animals like us can [11:53] suffer, mentally as well as physically. And just give [11:56] pause to think about the abuse we encounter as we [12:00] travel around. But it's not only that we abuse other [12:04] animals, we also abuse other human beings. And we [12:08] also abuse mother nature. You graduates you all know [12:13] that the world is in a bit of a mess right now. You know [12:16] how the environment is being harmed with pollution, [12:20] with industrial and house hold unagricultural [12:24] emissions. You know about shrinking water supplies, [12:27] you know how We cutting down a forest you know [12:30] about the emissions forming these greenhouse gases [12:33] that blanket our globe trapping the heat of the sun. [12:36] Yeah this sun that we feel today is being trapped by [12:39] greenhouse gasses and you know [12:43] also about the Violence, the domestic violence, the [12:48] ethnic conflicts, well, it's a bit of a mess. As I'm [12:53] traveling 300 days a year around the world, I meet [12:56] young people of your age, and in some places, some [13:00] countries, many of them seem to have lost hope. As I [13:04] began talking to them, they all, more or less, seem to [13:07] say We feel that you've compromised our future new [13:11] generations and there's nothing we can do about it. If [13:14] you think we've compromised your future, you're [13:16] absolutely right. We have compromised your future. [13:20] And you hear this saying, we haven't inherited this [13:24] planet from our parents, we've borrowed it from our [13:26] children, we have been. Not borrowing, but stealing [13:30] your future, and it's time we get together [13:35] and start to put things right. [ APPLAUSE ] [13:40] It [13:44] was for this reason I began the Roots and Toots [13:47] program. We began with 12 high school students in [13:50] Tanzania. We're now in 140 countries today. [13:54] And we have members from pre- school all the way [13:58] very strong in university. And I know there's roots and [14:01] toots members who've been taking part in the [14:04] program in Redlands. So thankful of you who've [14:08] been part of that program. [ APPLAUSE ] [14:14] Roots and shoots is about taking action to make the [14:18] world a better place for people, for other animals, for [14:21] the environment we will share. But it's also about [14:25] learning that we are part of one great human family. [14:29] I've already said we're part of the animal kingdom, [14:33] and within this animal kingdom, we are human beings, [14:37] and we, I think our greatest difference from [14:40] chimpanzees and other animals is this extraordinary [14:43] development of our intellect. And you students, you [14:47] know all about this, you've been using that intellect To [14:50] bring you to where you are now. It's unquestionable [14:53] that we are the most intellectual creature that's ever [14:56] walked the planet Earth, so isn't it bizarre that [15:00] we're destroying this planet? It's our only home, and [15:05] so why do you think this has happened? Do you think [15:10] perhaps. For some people was a disconnect between [15:13] this clever, clever brain of ours and the human heart [15:17] that's love and compassion. Roots & Shoots is all about [15:21] respect. Let's respect those around us whether they be [15:25] human or animals. And when we come to the human [15:28] family we may have different colored skin, I look [15:32] around and see different colored skin, we may be [15:35] from different cultures, we may eat different things [15:38] and wear different clothes. But you know something [15:42] wherever you go in the world that's in the heart Of the [15:45] Congo forest with the pygmies, or whether it's in Japan, [15:49] or whether it's here in the United States, and right here [15:52] in Redland. If you cry because you're sad, upset, [15:57] your tears are the same. If you're happy, you laugh. [16:02] And the laughter around the world is the same. Or you [16:06] smile, and the smiles are the same. And [16:10] if you cut yourself, blood comes out. The blood is the [16:13] same color. And within each one of us all around the [16:17] world, the human heart is structured the same. We all [16:21] have this heart. Beating within us. And I [16:26] truly believe that when people live with head, [16:31] and heart, and harmony then that's when we attain our [16:35] true human potential. And every single one [16:39] of us has the potential for greatness. It's [16:43] just that we must never give up and you've had many [16:47] messages this morning about living [16:51] a good life and I would just say two things. First of all [16:56] remember and this is the main message of roots and [16:59] toots, that every single one of us That's every single [17:03] one of you graduates. All your parents and friends, all [17:07] the faculties behind me, me, of course. These [17:10] wonderful orchestra down here, that's been giving us [17:13] beautiful music, we all making impact [17:18] on the planet every single day, everyday. We have a [17:23] choice. We get to choose what sort of impact will I [17:27] make today. So that's one really important message. [17:32] And the next one is to remember to [17:36] live to your true human potential. Never forget [17:41] gratitude to those who help you. Never forgot your [17:45] gratitude to your parents and your family and the [17:48] faculty here, and go out into the world knowing [17:53] that there are four reasons for hope. One, is all of [17:57] you. All of the young people who really want to go out [18:02] and make a difference, who's heads and hearts [18:05] Fruitfully will go out hand in hand. Secondly, this [18:08] amazing brain that's brought you to where you are [18:11] today. And all the faculty they wouldn't be sitting here [18:14] if they didn't have this incredible intellect. We are [18:18] with our brain finding many, many ways to live in [18:22] better harmony with nature. Even in our life, to live life [18:26] to ecological footprints. And next is the resilience of [18:30] nature, we can destroy place give it time, give it help [18:34] and it can become green and beautiful again. Animal [18:37] species on the brink of extinction to be given another [18:40] chance. Next, for all of you young people, social media [18:45] This is something I only recently discovered, but using [18:48] social media, say you're passionate about the killing [18:52] of elephants for their tusks. You can reach out [18:56] to people all around the world who feel exactly the [18:59] same as you, and you can become a powerful voice [19:02] together. It's individual action multiplied around the [19:06] world. You may be interested in something which [19:09] nobody else in your immediate community cares about [19:12] but there will be somebody out in the big wide world, [19:14] you can find them, you can reach them and you can [19:17] feel stronger as a result. And finally, does [19:22] this indomitable human spirit Each and every [19:26] one of us has an indomitable spirit if we let it free. [19:31] These are the people who tackle seemingly impossible [19:35] tasks and don't give up, and either succeed or blaze a [19:38] trail for others to follow. Think of the people who [19:42] overcome tremendous physical difficulties. Which might [19:46] seem impossible and, yet, they go around [19:50] inspiring others around them. So with these reasons [19:54] for hope, you go out into a world where you can help [19:58] make the kind of world that I yearn for for my great, [20:01] great grandchildren. You can help to make it reality. So [20:06] I am so happy to have had the chance to speak with [20:10] you. You can now count me as part of your Redlins [20:12] family. [ APPLAUSE ] And thank you. 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