WWF and Canadian Schools
June 14th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
This spring, 28 schools across Canada will see their environmental dreams come true thanks to WWF’s Green CommUnity School Grants Program funded by Loblaw Companies Limited. I spoke recently about the program with Christina Topp, VP Marketing & Communications, WWF Canada.
Any Canadian elementary or secondary school that i...
Tags: schools, WWF Canada
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...
Tags: adoption kit, contest, tiger, WWF Canada
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 ...
Tags: adoption kit, contest, tiger, WWF Canada
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 sy...
Tags: adoption kit, contest, tiger, WWF Canada
September 27th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in General
Thank You to all of you who answered our Reader’s Survey. You provided us with some valuable information and all readers can expect to see some po...
Tags: adoption, contest, survey, WWF Canada
3 or 4 Minutes
September 24th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in General
With just 3 days left in our survey, not many of you have let us know what you like and don’t like about our blog. Please take 3 or 4 minutes to visit our online survey and answer a few questions. Your answers will be valuable in improving Voices For Our Planet.com...
Tags: contest, survey, WWF Canada
Reader’s Survey and Contest
September 13th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in General
Voices For Our Planet.com is almost one year old, and it’s time for you to let us know how we’re doing and what you’d like our blog to become. In return for a chance to win a WWF Canada adoption kit, please visit our online survey and answer a ...
Tags: contest, survey, WWF Canada
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
September 2nd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Litter on our beaches not only looks ugly - marine and land life can get entangled in plastic debris, or choke on it when they mistake it for food. The Vancouver Aquarium and WWF Canada, with help from the Loblaw Companies Ltd., are offering Canadians an opportunity to take action and con...
Tags: cleanup, litter, Loblaw, plastic, shoreline, Vancouver Aquarium, WWF Canada
Water Footprints
August 25th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
It’s August, hot in many places, and “everyone” is talking about water. A lot of water may be used in summertime for lawns and swimming pools, but we all have a year round footprint that uses an amazing amount of water. As WWF Canada recen...
Tags: energy, environmental, petition, sustainable, water, WWF Canada
Gwaii Haanas
June 15th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Caitlin Hill in Conservation
On June 7 of this year, the Canadian government tabled (for a subsequent vote) an agreement that establishes a Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site in B.C.’s Gwaii Haanas (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands). Following 25 years of...
Happy Earth Hour
March 26th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Climate Change
Saturday, March 27th, at 8:30 pm, join 3,100 cities across 121 countries and territories and turn out your lights. You will be joining them to send a strong message that more needs to be done to fight climate change.
World Wildlife Fund seems to be lea...
Tags: Climate Change, Earth Hour, Earth Hour Game, ecards, WWF, WWF Canada, WWF US
Contest Winner Has Been Selected
December 14th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
A winner has been selected for the WWF Canada black-footed ferret adoption kit contest. Congratulations to Tim L. Walker of Barrie, Ontario, who has been notified and has accepted the prize.
Certified Financial Planner Corry L. Staff of Lynn Zlotn...
Wildlife and Humanitarian Screensavers
December 4th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
For anyone who likes animals, having a wildlife screensaver on their monitor can make for a fun view every time they’re on their desktop. There’s a choice of screensavers out there, but since many organizations don’t have downloadable screensavers it...
Win A WWF-Canada Black-Footed Ferret Adoption Kit
November 30th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
To help celebrate this historic Canadian wildlife conservation event/success story (see article below), WWF Canada has joined with VoicesForOurPlanet.com to offer a WWF-Canada black-footed ferret adoption kit to one lucky reader of this blog.
The lucky wi...
Black-Footed Ferrets: A Conservation Success Story
November 30th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
Black-footed ferrets, once thought to be extinct, are turning into one of North America’s conservation success stories. History was made on October 2, 2009, when 34 black-footed ferrets were released in Saskatchewan’s Grasslands National Park. Th...
