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I Had Been Told From School Onwards That The Best Definition Of A Human Being Was Man The Tool-maker - Yet I Had Just Watched A Chimp Tool-maker In Action. I Remember That Day As Vividly As If It Was Yesterday.

My Family Has Very Strong Women. My Mother Never Laughed At My Dream Of Africa, Even Though Everyone Else Did Because We Didn't Have Any Money, Because Africa Was The 'dark Continent', And Because I Was A Girl.

Here We Are, Arguably The Most Intelligent Being That's Ever Walked Planet Earth, With This Extraordinary Brain ... And Yet We're Destroying The Only Home We Have.

My Mission Is To Create A World Where We Can Live In Harmony With Nature. And Can I Do That Alone? No. So There Is A Whole Army Of Youth That Can Do It. So I Suppose My Mission Is To Reach As Many Of Those Young People As I Can Through My Own Efforts.

I Feel A Desperation To Make People See What We Are Doing To The Environment, What A Mess We Are Making Of Our World. At This Point, The More People I Reach, The More I Accomplish. ... I Miss Gombe And My Wonderful Years In The Forest But If I Were To Go Back To That, I Wouldn't Feel I Was Doing What I Should Be Doing.