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Jane Goodall. 50 Years At Gombe.

Has it really been 50 years since Jane Goodall stepped on the grounds of Gombe, leading to decades of research and brilliant discovery of how some of the smartest animals on earth function and interact as a community?

The Jane Goodall Institute is celebrating the vegetarian, humanitarian and primate researcher’s life by publishing a followup to the 40th anniversary of the start of her work, Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe.

Since 1999, the Gombe site has expanded its research efforts to humans as well, from AIDS research to improving sanitation, health care and education in the Tanzanian communities nearby and these are highlighted in Jane Goodall: 50 Years At  Gombe.

One of those humanitarian efforts is the TACARE program.

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Noli n Nali, an organic skincare line for babies and mothers, was founded by Kenda Haines and named after her first born son and niece. The company was recently approached by the Jane Goodall Institute at the Natural Products Expo East to put the “Good for All” seal on their products, which features a picture of Jane on the package. By doing so, a portion of the sales from Noli n Nali products will go towards the Goodall Institute and Goodall’s “Roots and Shoots” program, which encourages youth to become more active in environmental issues.

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Jane Goodall, primatologist, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a magnificent leader for humanity is well into her 70s, but age hasn’t slowed her down much since she first stepped foot on Lake Tanganyika, in what is now Tanzania’s Gombe National Park.

During a recent interview with the Huffington Post, Goodall gave her secrets to longevity and energy.

“I have to say that I attribute vast amounts of my energy to the fact that I stopped eating meat,” Goodall said.

“One thing I learned is that we have the guts not of a carnivore, but of an herbivore. Herbivore guts are very long because they have to get the last bit of nutrition out of leaves and things. The carnivore guts are very short, because they want to get rid of the meat quickly before it starts putrefying and doing bad things inside them.”

Goodall is younger than ever at heart and although she’s quite the celebrity, she has no time for any “nip and tuck” and thinks women who are worried about aging should focus on keeping active, both physically and mentally.

“I mean, yes, you can have millions of face lifts and all these different things that women have done to their bodies – whatever they’re called, bum tucks and boob enhancements [laughs] – but personally, well: A) I haven’t the money for that, and B) I haven’t got the time for it and C) I mean, there are more important things to me than how you look.”

Ladies, if one of the most famous animal scientists in the world discusses bum tucks and boob enhancements, you’d better heed that advice!

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This year Jane Goodall celebrates 50 years since starting her work with chimpanzees.

She’s gained more attention from mainstream media through a recent book, a BBC documentary to be released in the spring and a film, Jane’s Journey, to be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Jane Goodall Institute was recently awarded a four-year grant worth more than $5.5 million from the The U.S. Agency for International Development to expand conservation programs in Tanzania.

The renown scientist and environmentalist has always worked for the good of animals, even when her work caused a rift in her personal life.

Her son, Hugo, also known as Grub, is now developing an eco-tourist project in Tanzania.

But he once participated in commercial fishing, something vegetarian Jane disapproved of, and this hindered their relationship, according to The Guardian.

Goodall was raised Christian, but feels the interpretation of man having dominion over animals is incorrect, insisting the real meaning is “stewardship.”

Unlike some who identify with the same religion, Jane sees no contradiction believe evolution and God, and feels her work has made her even more spiritual.

“I realised that my experience in the forest, my understanding of the chimpanzees, had given me a new perspective,” she wrote in her book, Reason For Hope. “I was ­utterly convinced there was a great ­spiritual power that we call God, Allah or Brahma, although I knew, equally ­certainly, that my finite mind could never comprehend its form or nature.”

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