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HONOR YOUR MOTHER & OUR MOTHER EARTH
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Our special Mother's Day Adoption Gift will help you celebrate all the sweet things your mother did for you. Let her know she raised you well with a $100 chocolate polar bear adoption kit.
Our delicious, hand-crafted white chocolate polar bear is locally made in Bozeman, Montana, by La Chatelaine Chocolat. Package includes: · 6"x3" white chocolate bear · Save Our Ice canvas bag · Certificate, Tundra Times
newsmagazine, PBI decal,
Mother's Day card
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH
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 We love the wide-eyed, innocent expression on this polar bear photographed by Wendy Chambers in Churchill. Take a look at other wonderful polar bear images on the PBI Flickr page.
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CARRY A CUP OF KINDNESS
by ditching disposables!
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 Make this hand-thrown, heavyweight pottery mug that features the PBI logo your constant companion--or a green gift. Available now in the
PBI Gift Shop.
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TRIPLETS!
These are faces every mother can love
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It doesn't get much cuter than this: a mother polar bear and three cubs emerge from their den. Filmed last year during our maternal den study.
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BERING TIME
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A warm welcome to our newest Silver Sponsor, Bering Time, whose elegant watches are inspired by arctic beauty.
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MORE THAN A HANDSHAKE
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PBI and Platinum Sponsor, Frontiers North, recently formalized our long-time relationship with a memorandum of understanding--celebrating many years of friendship
and cooperation in the interests of polar bears.
From left to right: Krista Wright, executive vice president and COO of PBI, and John Gunter, owner of Frontiers North.
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GIFT SHOP IDEAS
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There's a lot more to see in our Gift Shop if you're searching for things to give to yourself or other people. Take a look!  | | Unisex Baseball Cap |
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PHOTO & VIDEO CREDITS
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Polar Bear on Thin Ice, Bare Bear Nose, Paws of Approval Award, Daniel J. Cox NaturalExposures
Jail Bird Bear, Wendy Chambers Photography
High Five Bear, Richard Beck
Maternal Den Video Footage, B. J. Kirschoffer, PBI, and Dr. Tom Smith, Brigham Young University
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A Single Bad Winter Isn't the Problem . . .
The National Snow and Ice Data Center reports that this winter's arctic sea ice coverage tied for the lowest level since satellite tracking began in 1979. That's nearly eight percent less than the average recorded from 1979 to 2000.
But one bad winter isn't the problem for polar bears. Low ice coverage could be part of natural chaos in the climate system. What scientists are concerned about is a future where every winter is warm. And if humans don't reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we'll be contributing to that possibility in a big way. See our video Crossing Thin Ice.
We must take action--now--as individuals, as communities, as industries, as governments--or every year will be a tough year for polar bears. |more |
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Green Your Spring for the Great White Bear
Spring is here! And with it comes a surge of hope and renewal. All around the globe, people are coming together to green the environment and reduce CO2. You can join this powerful movement--and help create momentum for change. Embrace a green lifestyle and consider your carbon footprint with every choice you make.  Some of our favorite conservation-minded events are: Earth Day is Friday , April 22, and this year's theme is a Billion Acts of Green. Visit the Earth Day website to make your green pledge and take some inspiration from others.  Party for the Planet™ festivities are how many AZA zoos, including those in the PBI Arctic Ambassador Center (AAC) network, will celebrate Earth Day, with parties on or around Friday, April 22. Check local listings for events near you.
 Arbor Day is Sunday, April 29, but tree-planting parties take place all Spring. Many of the zoos in the PBI AAC network plan to plant trees by participating in our Acres for the Atmosphere program. You can volunteer to help--or you can donate to our Polar Bear Forest™ project. We've already planted 100,000 trees, with a goal of one million within ten years. Why trees? They sequester CO2--and that helps save polar bear habitat.
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Not-So-Candid Camera Makes Us Smile
During the course of our ongoing Maternal Den Study, a curious mother polar bear and her two cubs discovered one of the apparently not-so-well-hidden cameras and tried to figure out what it was. In the process, the intrepid bears ripped out the camera's solar panel cord and plastered nose prints on the lens, making the footage blurry for the rest of the week. Take a look!  During this year's study, a team led by Dr. Tom Smith filmed activity at four polar bear dens, including two from which the families emerged roughly a month later than normal. Although scientists don't yet know why the families remained in the den for so long before returning to the ice to hunt seals, they suspect it had to do with the cubs not being strong enough to make the journey--yet another indicator of the stresses on the bears in a warming Arctic. You can read all about this year's field work--including what it's like to slide feet-first into a polar bear's den in our Scientists & Explorers Blog.
Why do scientists endure temperatures that plunge to minus 40ºF to study and record the behavior of polar bear families? It's all part of their work to better understand this critical period in a polar bear's life. |
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IMITATION: The Sincerest Form of ACTION
Now here's a teen worth imitating: Courtney Freyhauf, a
PBI Leadership Camp graduate, was so motivated by her experience in Churchill that she recently conducted her own leadership camp to inspire fellow teens to take action.
 At the camp, held at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, participants gained leadership skills, learned what it means to be a steward, and formed groups to develop conservation plans for their schools and communities. Before leaving, they began putting their goals into action by cleaning up a hillside beside the zoo parking lot, collecting about 20 pounds of litter and recycling about 500 pounds of scrap metal in the process.
"I'm so impressed with this," says Kathryn Foat, PBI vice president of conservation education and stewardship strategies. "Mentoring others and attracting more advocates to take action to reduce CO2 is what we all need to do!"
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