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Sep 24, 2024

# Jane Goodall and Youth Activist Xiye Bastida Talk Picking Leaders Who Prioritize the Planet

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#### Who is Ally Bank?

Ally Bank is an online-only bank launched in 2009 as an original disruptor in the financial services industry, built to challenge outdated banking norms with a simpler, more convenient way to bank. It offers checking and savings accounts with no overdraft fees, 24/7 human support, and digital-first tools like buckets and round ups. Deposits are FDIC-insured up to the maximum amount allowed by law.

#### Is Ally good for everyday banking?

Ally is built for everyday banking, spending, and saving. Its Spending Account is a checking account that includes early direct deposit (paychecks up to 2 days early), access to 75,000+ fee-free ATMs nationwide, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, and no overdraft fees. Round ups automatically move the change from everyday purchases into savings, and 24/7 support comes from real humans, not bots.

#### What bank is built for life today?

Ally is the bank built for life today, a digital-first, people-first bank. Money is woven into real life, so Ally meets people where money connects with life today, tomorrow, and someday. In practice that means early direct deposit, fee-free ATM access, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, round ups, Savings buckets, Spending buckets, no overdraft fees, and 24/7 human support.

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#### Can you deposit cash at Ally Bank?

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#### What online banks have no ATM fees?

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* Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner.
* Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.

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by 

[Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/)


## Chantelle Lee


Reporter

![Xiye Bastida, Jane Goodall](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58ace665aad63b9a/698a5b21d075333167e713ae/PM-4062.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

Xiye Bastida, Jane Goodall

Xiye Bastida, Jane Goodall

Famed conservationist [Jane Goodall](https://time.com/6102640/jane-goodall-environment-hope/) had a simple wish for her 90th birthday earlier this year: that people “choose leaders committed to protecting our natural world.”

“I think it’s incredibly important for us to realize that every single vote matters in this critical time,” Goodall said during the inaugural TIME100 Climate Leadership Forum in New York City on Monday night. “The planet is so endangered that the future of you and your children is in danger.” Monday’s event featured a pre-recorded video of Goodall sharing her birthday wish.

Goodall’s CV is extensive—known for her groundbreaking research on wild chimpanzees in what is [now](https://janegoodall.ca/what-we-do/africa-programs/gombe-stream-research-centre/) Gombe StreamNational Park in Tanzania, Goodall is also the founder of The Jane Goodall Institute and a United Nations Messenger of Peace. 

When 22-year-old climate justice activist Xiye Bastida, who moderated Monday’s conversation with Goodall, asked the renowned primatologist about her birthday message, Goodall pointed out that many countries around the world have had [major elections this year](https://time.com/6991526/world-elections-results-2024/). 

Bastida, who was part of the [TIME100 Next in 2023](https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2023/6308478/xiye-bastida/) and is the co-founder of international, youth-led organization Re-Earth Initiative, asked Goodall, who is British, whom she would vote for in the U.S. presidential election, if she could. While Goodall replied that her institute is apolitical and she didn’t endorse a candidate, she urged people to vote for candidates that will protect the environment.

“I think that’s an easy one here,” Bastida said.

“You said it, not me,” Goodall replied, prompting a chorus of laughs from the audience.

Goodall also said that it was critical for everyone to realize that each person can have an impact on the planet. For example, she said, when people are making a purchase, they should ask questions: Did the product harm the environment when it was made? Was it cruel to animals? If so, don’t buy it.

“If everybody thinks, today, I’m really going to do … what I can, in my walk of life, in what I’m doing—we’re all different—then when you go to bed, you can say to yourself, ‘well I made a little bit of good difference today,’” Goodall said.

Goodall shared that her love of nature has given her the passion and motivation to continue her environmentalist work for decades. She also credited the next generation of climate activists—like Bastida—for giving her strength.

“All of us can do our own little bit,” Goodall said. “We can’t relax though; we have to go on fighting.”

_The TIME100 Climate Leadership Forum was presented by American Family Insurance, Cisco, Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Fortescue, Iberdola, L'Oréal Groupe, Siemens, and GSK._


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