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Sarah Green Carmichael

Jane Goodall on Covid, Resilience and Climate Change

A Q&A with this year’s Templeton Prize winner about life during Covid, and the lessons she’s learned throughout her many years as a conservationist.

“Nature is incredibly beneficial to our mental and physical health.”

“Nature is incredibly beneficial to our mental and physical health.”

Photographer: Craig Barritt/Getty Images North America

Jane Goodall, renowned conservationist and winner of this year’s Templeton Prize, has been a pioneer when it comes to respecting nature and animals. Has the pandemic changed her perspective at all? Goodall joined me for a live interview about the lessons that the animal kingdom can teach us about resilience. Here is a lightly edited transcript of our exchange.

Sarah Green Carmichael: During this year, nature has been in some ways our only refuge, because it was the safest place for us to gather. Do you think this will increase our respect for nature in the long term?