Another thing that gives her hope is to see projects that have restored nature and helped save species on the brink of extinction such as whooping cranes. When it comes to endangered species, there are “animals that would not be and plants that would that would not be here but for certain dedicated people.”

She noted that social media also gives her hope. “For the first time, we can bring together people all around the world. They have never met each other or heard of each other, but who care about a single issue like climate change or women’s rights or something like that. We can bring them together so that the voice swells and it really makes a difference. It has made social change.”

The final thing that gives Goodall hope is “the indomitable human spirit.” She talked about George Haun, a blind magician who gave her a stuff animal she calls Mr. H. Haun performs his magic so skillfully that young children do not know he is blind. The fact that children could not tell he is blind is a way to inspire them and to tell them to “never give up.”

She said there are many people who have the same indomitable spirit, including refugees who arrive in a new country and “pull their lives together.”