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Jane Goodall quotes for UPSC

9 sourced quotes by Jane Goodall on environment & sustainability, ethics & morality, duty & responsibility, peace, non-violence & conflict, nation, unity & diversity, with a use case for each in GS4, Essay and interviews.

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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is alright, as long your values don't change.
— Jane GoodallSubject: Jane Goodall, primatologist and conservationist, interviewed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)
Use itGS4: compromise in methods is fine as long as core values stay firm.
Ethics & MoralityTime & ChangeEssayGS4Interview
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
— Jane GoodallWith Love (1999)
Use itEssay on citizenship; every individual makes a difference.
Duty & ResponsibilityEssayGS4Life
Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.
— Jane GoodallReported in Patti Denys, Mary Holmes, Animal Magnetism: At Home With Celebrities & Their Animal Companions (1998), p. 106
Use itEssay on conservation; understanding leads to care, care to action.
Environment & SustainabilityCompassion & EmpathyEssayGS3
It is our disregard for nature and our disrespect of the animals we should share the planet with that has caused this pandemic, that was predicted long ago.
— Jane Goodall"Jane Goodall says 'disrespect for animals' caused pandemic", Yahoo News, April 11, 2020
Use itGS3 on One Health; COVID-19 as a result of disregard for nature.
Environment & SustainabilityHealth & WellbeingEssayGS3
We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
— Jane GoodallSubject: Jane Goodall, primatologist and conservationist, interviewed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)
Use itGS3/Essay on climate justice; lift the poor while curbing overconsumption by the rich.
Environment & SustainabilityEquality & Social JusticeEssayGS3
The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of what you do on the environment and on society. That's key, and that underlies everything else.
— Jane GoodallAs quoted in Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands (2010) by Cathryn Berger Kaye and Philippe Cousteau, p
Use itGS4/Essay: mindful consumption—consider each action's social and environmental impact.
Environment & SustainabilityEthics & MoralityEssayGS3GS4
The greatest danger to our future is apathy. We cannot expect those living in poverty and ignorance to worry about saving the world. For those of us able to read this magazine, it is different. We can do something to preserve our planet.
— Jane Goodall"The Power of One", TIME Magazine (26 August 2002)
Use itEssay on climate action; apathy of the privileged is the greatest danger.
Environment & SustainabilityDuty & ResponsibilityEssayGS3
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.
— Jane GoodallReported in Yolanda Brooks, Do Animals Have Rights? (2008), p. 23
Use itGS4: resolve conflict by listening first, then dialogue with opponents.
Peace, Non-violence & ConflictMedia, Speech & Public OpinionEssayGS4Interview
Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.
— Jane GoodallReported in Elizabeth LeReverend, "The Irrepressible Dr. Jane Goodall", Verge Magazine (2010)
Use itEssay on polarisation; build understanding across religious and political lines.
Nation, Unity & DiversityPeace, Non-violence & ConflictEssayGS1GS4

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