A Moving Tale
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Sixteen kids. Excitement. Inspiration.
PBI's Teen Leadership Camp video will transport you to the tundra during the polar bear migration
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you'll meet bright young minds eager to make a difference. |
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PORTIA
POLAR BEAR'S
BIRTHDAY WISH
For children 3 - 7
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| This charming tale by Margie Carrol with photos by Daniel J. Cox is about the trials of a polar bear cub who comes to realize she isn't like everyone
else in the Arctic. While her mother tries to console her, she turns
to her other arctic friends for reassurance and confirmation. Order Here!Dan donates a portion of the proceeds to PBI for the world's polar bears. |
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World-Renowned Scientist Joins PBI Staff
Wow. That's great news for polar bears!
Dr. Amstrup with rare triplets  | Dr. Steven Amstrup, prominent polar bear scientist and active member and past chair of the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group, has joined Polar Bears International as
senior scientist.
Amstrup is known
worldwide for his 30 years of research on polar bears and their changing
habitat. His work helped lead the U.S. toward the decision to list the polar bear as a
threatened species.
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Future Prospects for Churchill's Polar Bears
 New modeling shows that the
Western Hudson Bay population of polar bears could decline to just a handful of
bears by 2035.
But, Dr. Andrew Derocher, a PBI Advisory Council
scientist and one of the study's authors, says that the sobering
prediction offers a wake-up call--much like the classic Dickens book, A Christmas Carol--that shows what could happen in the future if we humans don't change our ways.
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Register for 3rd Annual Project Polar Bear
 Register now for our third annual Project Polar Bear contest. It's fun and you can make a big difference. The contest challenges teens to create ways
to reduce carbon emissions
in their home communities.
Way to go, Champs!!
Last year's contestants took their fight to CO2 and knocked nearly 100 million pounds out of the atmosphere. Thwak! Bam! Pow!
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My Favorite Things: A Photo Contest
 What stirs your heart? Polar bear cubs
sparring in the snow? A hawk soaring over an alpine meadow? Enter your best shots in our
My Favorite Things photo contest, sponsored by Lowepro and PBI.
Just frame, focus, and shoot!
GRAND PRIZE? A trip for two to Churchill to see polar bears in the wild. Hurry, though. Deadline is August 31st, 2010.
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Hot! Hot! Hot!
 Land! Sea! Air! Oh, my. New data from a combination of sources confirms that the planet is the hottest that it's been
since record-keeping began. At the same time, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency has
strongly reaffirmed its position that the spike is human-caused. The
findings confirm the need for timely decisions and global action.
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Summer Polar Bear Sightings
 Land-locked polar bears have shown up in the Yukon this
summer--and polar bear attacks have taken place in Svalbard and Greenland. In two cases, the attacks resulted in injuries to the humans and death to the bears.
Human-polar bear encounters are expected to increase
as the sea ice melts. Our Sustainability Alliance is working internationally to reduce these conflicts,
so that people--and bears--escape harm.
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Turn Your Laundry Green
 A few simple changes in the way you do laundry can reduce CO2 and help polar
bears. + Make sure you have a full load before you start the washer.
+ Wash in cold water as often as possible.
+ Use a
clothesline or rack instead of an automatic dryer. + Reduce the amount of laundry that
you do by wearing clothes, like jeans, more than once. |
PHOTO CREDITS
Landlocked Polar Bear, Svalbard Polar Bear
© Daniel J. Cox / Natural Exposures
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