Your Share - September 2009

Remember EarthShare in your Workplace Giving Campaign!

We work hard because you work hard. Your gifts to EarthShare and our 70 environmental and conservation groups are vital to sustain livable communities, fresh air, clean water and preserve the environment for generations to come. $5 a month sponsors a child in the Natural Education & Awareness program by Tualatin Riverkeepers.  $42 a month conserves 1/2 acre of Willamette Valley wetlands by Greenbelt Land Trust. There are even more reasons to give to EarthShare:

• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides keeps children healthy by bringing organic potato famers together with school meal programs to enhance nutrition for vulnerable populations.
• The Rocky Mountain Institute reduced energy consumption in building renovations, like the Empire State Building, where an integrated approach saved double the energy of typical retrofits.
• Friends of Trees plants thousands of trees in Portland to bring people together in their communitites and to absorb carbon, which reduces global warming.
• Hells Canyon Preservation Council reduced bighorn sheep's risk of disease from domestic sheep by working with the Forest Service to close areas from domestic sheep grazing and develop long-term management guildlines for bighorn. 

Need more reasons to go give?

• How your donation created big results in 2009!
• EarthShare's 2008 Annual Report
• What your money buys.

Go Green Conference '09 Cultivating Sustainable Business

Gov. Ted Kulongoski
OR Secretary of State Kate Brown
Wednesday, October 7th
GERDING THEATER @ THE ARMORY/Portland, Oregon
8:30am-4:30pm

EarthShare Members/Subscribers get $25 off!
Use Discount Code: EARTH when registering.

EarthShare Oregon is a Community Partner of  40 leading eco-visionaries, experts and like-minded individuals who will provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to make your business more sustainable. This one-day event offers solid takeaways and next steps towards sustainability and builds camaraderie with like-minded, socially aware business professionals. Prepare to be inspired!   Get $25 off>

Fanged frogs, rat-eating plants and fish tongue-eating parasites

William Blake once said, "Nature is imagination itself." Check out these recent strange new species  discovered by Conservation International and see if you agree.

In early September, scientists found a "lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats" in Papua New Guinea. In fact, more than 40 new species were discovered in a volcanic crater and the country's rainforests, including a giant woolly rat never before seen by scientists. Read more>