Tundra Times
Our Fall magazine is in the mail to our members. Twelve pages of stunning photography and fascinating articles, it's a tribute
to polar bears and PBI's conservation efforts.
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Date: 10-10-10
Place: Wherever you are
Work: A project of your choice to reduce CO2.
You could put up solar panels,
insulate your home, or plant trees. As for the party--why not turn it into a get-together with family and friends?
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PBI Arctic
Ambassador
Centers
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These zoos are at the forefront of educating their communities about conservation and climate change.
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Case of the
Missing Issue
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Did an overflowing email box cause you to miss an issue of PBiNews? No worries. You'll find archived issues online. |
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 What's Happening in Churchill?
Polar
bears have started their fall migration to the coast of Hudson Bay near
Churchill, Manitoba
--and PBI is there, as always, to monitor their
progress. Join us on the snowy tundra from the warmth and comfort of
your own home. Make viewing it a nightly family activity!
Photos
du jour and weather reports
Short
videos of the polar bears, the people, and the town
Blogs
from our Leadership Campers and scientists
Links
to our live Tundra Connections webcasts and videoconferences
Details
on special events
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Science vs. Opinion
At the Association of Zoos & Aquariums' annual
convention in Houston, September 13th, PBI brought together a panel of leading scientists to discuss climate change and its impact
on polar bears.
Drs. Steven C. Amstrup, Andrew E. Derocher, Michael E. Mann,
Tom S. Smith, and Ian Stirling helped the audience understand the
difference between opinion, knowledge, and incontrovertible fact on the issue of climate change. | Learn more
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 Biggest Little
Ambassador
At
birth he was the size of a pound of butter. At four months, he weighed 36
pounds.
His name is Siku, which means ice
in the Iñupiat language and he's learning quickly how to be a polar bear. He's also the most popular attraction at Ohio's renowned Toledo Zoo. | Find out more
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A Friendly
Competition
  
Which
American Zoo Keepers Association (AAZK) chapter can raise the most money to plant trees? And what do trees have to do
with polar bears? Find out by visiting our Trees for You & Me webpage.
(Hint: More trees = less CO2.) Get involved. You can DONATE to your favorite chapter. It's a cool initiative that can make a big difference in the health of our planet--and polar bears' well-being.
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Back-to-School Stewardship
Habit
Here's any easy-to-do Green Tip. You can help
keep zillions of little plastic bags from clogging up landfills by using
reusable sandwich and snack containers when packing school lunches. And while
you're at it, choose a lunchbox over paper sacks. (Maybe hunt down a fun vintage one from
a thrift store!) Kids--and adults--need to know that small lifestyle changes add up to make
a difference--
and can help polar bears and other wildlife.
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How to Throw Stones at
the Greenhouse
Register now--because the
deadline is fast approaching for our popular and effective Fall 2010 Project Polar Bear Contest.
Teams of teens compete to see who can reduce the most CO2 to help cool the earth.
Last season's teams eliminated over 100 million pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere!
The Grand Prize team and its adult advisor win a trip to Churchill to see polar
bears in the wild. Now that's w-a-a-a-a-y cool!
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