Conservation Activities
February 3rd, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
A question was posted on Minnesota Hypnotist recently that asked what activities a Green Club could do, besides recycling. The responses range from ordinary to creative, and makes for a great list of potential activities for green living.
Although all the suggestions are important, it’s only human to have some favorites. M...
Tags: Conservation, Green Living, plant, recycling, trees
January 28th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
The difference 40 years can make. From humble beginnings in a North London Flat to today when Butterfly Conservation has multiple offices and over 50 st...
Tags: butterfly, Conservation, games
January 14th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Not only does the Gerald Durrell Foundation do excellent work with wildlife conservation; their website provides some fun while educating people about an...
Tags: Conservation, Gerald Durrell, puzzle
January 7th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Fairfax Water has some fun water conservation information available on their website. They remind us that our bodies are 70% water, and our lungs are 90% w...
Tags: Conservation, water
December 21st, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
If anyone wants to develop a ‘free’ coloring book, National Geographic has free downloadable prints on their website. The only costs to you woul...
Have you ever wondered what kind of animal you are like? The BBC has an online personality quiz that tells you. The link is http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/games/ – my wordpress page is not right today or I would have embedded the link!
Their 7 online ...
Artists for Conservation on TV
December 15th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Hi Readers,
Further to my article on December 9 about Artists for Conservation, their Founder Jeff Whiting will be on Fanny Kiefer’s Studio 4 (Vancouver TV show) tomorrow. He will be speaking about the mountain gorilla project I wrote about.
Ch...
Big Cat Games
December 10th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Big Cat Rescue is a Tampa, Florida, non profit educational sanctuary that gives wild cats a home after being abused, abandoned, or rescued. They have a diverse population of over 100 residents including 14 of the 35 species of wild cat.
This being the...
Tags: cats, games, screensavers, wild cat, wildlife rescue
Artists for Gorilla Conservation
December 9th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
A well known 90 year old painting is being used to guide an expedition to find and paint mountain gorillas in Africa. Stephen C. Quinn, an award-winning artist who works at the American Museum of Natural History, will be retracing Carl Akeley’s footsteps in...
Tags: Africa, artists, Conservation, gorilla, national parks
San Diego Zoo Games
December 3rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Spotting animals in the wild is not always easy due to camouflage and other hiding techniques. The San Diego Zoo shows this wonderfully well in their online game Where’s the Animal? Landscapes that don’t seem to have any living creatures are dis...
Tags: animal, Conservation, game, San Diego Zoo, Wildlife
Winner of WWF Canada Tiger Adoption Kit
November 30th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
A winner has been selected for the WWF Canada tiger adoption kit that was the prize for our contest that ended yesterday. Congratulations to Kyle Empringham of Aurora, Ontario. We have emailed Kyle who will hopefully contact us within the next 24 ho...
Tags: adoption kit, contest, tiger, WWF Canada
Win a WWF Tiger Adoption Kit
November 29th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Hey readers, today’s the last day to enter the draw for a World Wildlife Fund Canada tiger adoption kit. Here’s the scoop:
World Wildlife Fund Canada is working with other WWF branches and other conservation organizations to try to save t...
Tags: adoption kit, contest, tiger, WWF Canada
Wildlife Photography
November 18th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
If you want to see some magnificent animal photographs by a master and award winner, check out Wildlife by David Smith. Also have a browse through Wildlife Photography.
Clicking on More at the end of this article will lead you to a page with the links on it. ...
Tags: David Smith, photography, Wildlife
Win a WWF Canada Tiger Adoption Kit
November 15th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
World Wildlife Fund Canada is working with other WWF branches and other conservation organizations to try to save the world’s remaining tigers. To symbolize their work, WWF Canada has joined with VoicesForOurPlanet.com to offer a WWF Canada tiger ad...
Tags: adoption kit, contest, tiger, WWF Canada
Touring the Rainforest
November 12th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Rainforest Alliance has what is probably one of the most creative ways of introducing conservation information out there.
The Alliance invites you to visit their conservation TreeHouse and explore the wonders of the rainforest. Clicking on their invitation takes you right into the treehouse, from where you ...
Tags: alliance, Conservation, Food, game, Guatemala, rainforest, treehouse
