A Message EVERYONE Needs To Hear | Jane Goodall Speech | Goalcast

A Message EVERYONE Needs To Hear | Jane Goodall Speech | Goalcast

Video Script:

we know about the wars and the conflicts around the world there's a new threat of nuclear war with crazy people whose fingers are buttons that could annihilate mankind there's terrorism how do you find peace within yourself when you live in a really difficult situation I think it's more important than ever that we have a vision of what it would be like to live in a peaceful world the kind of world we all want to try to do your best to make the world around you just a little bit better and if you can go to sleep each night thinking well I really did do my best maybe in a very difficult situation then that will give you the kind of feeling that leads to peace and then you're better able to help others while we need and must respect each other well it's important for everyone to live lives of dignity this can never come about until we also stop the war that we are waging as a species on the natural world on the environment that actually supports us that gives us water and clean air we're destroying it and one of the outcomes of that as a species are disappearing ecosystems are collapsing that's going to affect us but now we realize and we're realizing more and more that other animals also they feel pain they feel fear they too are homeless they too are dying and suffering pace starts within we have somehow to find peace within ourselves so that we can then reach out to others and spread this message of peace yes we need to learn more and more about each other's nation's cultures customs we need to learn more about the different religions because religion is causing so much strife we need to realize that every single major religion has the golden rule do to others as you would have them do to you we should also commit ourselves to doing everything in our power to bring about peace think about our own communities our own lives the people surrounding us nature surrounding us what can we do to make that a more peaceful place you young people who give me the most hope growing a critical mass of young people sharing the same philosophy of respect for other human beings respect for nature respect for other amazing animals and what is so important is hope if we don't have hope we give up we do nothing and in this world of violence and fear we must have hoped for a better future when you understand the problems and are empowered to take action what you are doing around the world is unbelievable my greatest reason to hope along with the human brain the resilience of nature and the indomitable human spirit that overcoming seemingly insurmountable problems and we will only achieve our true human potential when head and hard-working you