Jane Goodall in Rome for the May Day 2024 concert. Story of the woman who discovered the connections between humans and chimpanzees
Jane Goodall at 90 just completed, on April 3, is the symbol of the future we would like. The girl who saved him chimpanzee she has become the woman who saves men. And the Earth. Because everything is interconnected, she says, “and each of us can fight for a world in which human communities, animals and the environment are in balance.”
Jane Goodall This year it will travel to every corner of the world, because every community, even the most remote, wants to celebrate with her her very lively 90 years. An exceptional fact, a dream achievable only thanks to his inexhaustible energy, and the desire to involve as many people as possible to change course. And in fact next 1 and 2 May 2024 he will be in Italy, on the stage of the great May Day Concert, in Rome, at the Circus Maximus, presented this year by Noemi and Ermal Meta. Subsequently he will instead be a guest at the Bioparco of the capital, where there is a community of 4 chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall speaks at Live Earth in New York, 2007 (Photo by Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic)
Michael Loccisano
The program for May 1st
On the stage of the Concertone del Primo Maggio 2024, Labor Day, which will take place in Rome, at the Circus Maximus, Jane Goodall will alternate with the artists (expected among others Achille Lauro, Colapesce Dimartino, Malika Ayane, Dargen D’Amico, Rose Villain, Leo Gassmann, Mahmood, i Negramaro); will bring his testimony to create a more just and sustainable world, without waste and where animal rights are respected. The chosen theme chosen by the unions for the 2024 edition is “Let’s build together a Europe of peace, work and social justice”. The Concertone is the main event of the National Labor Day in which thousands of people, especially young people, will participate and is promoted by CGIL, CISL and UIL and organized by iCompany. It will be broadcast live on Rai3 from 3.15pm to 12.15am, and on Rai Radio 2, RaiPlay and Rai Italia.
The program for May 2nd
In the morning Jane Goodall will meet a delegation of around 200 students and teachers participating in the Roots & Shoots projects, launched in 1991 by the ethologist to encourage new generations to fight for the future of the Planet. In particular, the Jane Goodall Institute Italy is promoting the recycling of disused cell phones, energy saving at school and the protection of biodiversity in danger of extinction in Italy, including bees. The meeting will take place at the Cinema Troisi and is organized in collaboration with the Italian Buddhist Union (entry is free while seats last). To spread the Roots & Shoots program, the Jane Goodall Italia Institute has recently activated the free online course “Hope is in Doing”. On the afternoon of May 2nd Jane Goodall will be a guest of the Biopark of Rome, where it will support the proposal launched by the Jane Goodall Italia Institute, to obtain a specific Ministerial Decree intended for the management of anthropomorphic species in captivity, with the aim of adapting Italian legislation to the most advanced standards and guaranteeing the best possible living conditions for chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. After the speech by the Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, and Councilor Sabrina Alfonsi, Jane Goodall will listen to the progress of the Italian structures that host great records. In addition to the Bioparco di Roma, Parco Natura Viva, Safari Ravenna and Bioparco di Sicilia will take part. In total, there are 39 great primates in Italy hosted by the centers, including 38 chimpanzees and 1 gorilla, the latter being the only example of his species in Italy and having only lived for many years in the center of Fasano, in Puglia.
The story of Jane Goodall
It’s July 14th 1960 when Jane Goodall arrives in Tanzania for the first time. Since then she began studying primates in Gombe National Park and it soon becomes clear that his research has a revolutionary impact. Goodall discovers connections and similarities with the human being of which there was no trace before. In simple words, the scholar makes humanity understand that we are much less different from apes than we think. Since then, as she says, her perception of the Planet has changed and her life has become an act of love for the protection of biodiversity: «Throughout my experience in Gombe, Tanzania, and in the years that followed, I learned how important it is for each of us to understand the world we live in. Because only if we can understand it deeply will it become important to us, and only when we really care about it will we be ready to do everything to defend it. This is how things change. This is how we will be able to make the changes necessary to live in balance and harmony with this planet we call home».
