Your Share - April 2009
EarthShare Turns 20, Victory! Wilderness Saved, Earth and Arbor Month, The Lorax Project for Young Environmentalists
For 11 years starting in 1989, we were Environmental Federation of
Oregon. For the last nine years, we have been Earth Share of Oregon.
Now we are EarthShare Oregon - with a snappy new logo and shorter name. Everything else you love about EarthShare, including our wonderful conservation groups, will stay the same.
We're ready to start another 20 years of bringing Oregon's environmental nonprofits and Oregon workplaces together.
Victory! Wilderness Saved
From Oregon Wild
Years of hard work by EarthShare conservation groups led to the protection of Mount Hood, the Columbia Gorge, Copper Salmon, Soda Mountain, Spring Basin and the Badlands. Here's a brief summary of the new protections for Oregon's natural areas. Learn more>
~ Wilderness protection for 202,000 acres (315 square miles)
~ Protection for 90 miles of Wild & Scenic rivers
~ New protections will save approximately 7 million trees.
~ 240 miles of trails now protected in the newly designated areas
12 Ways to Honor Earth & Arbor Month
From Friends of Trees
Friends of Trees will celebrate the 2,680 new street and yard trees their volunteers planted in Portland, Gresham and Vancouver since November - 47% more than in any season since their Seed the Future Campaign. Learn how you can participate>
New EarthShare T-Shirts
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Planet Protect Sportswear is proud to announce a new series of T-shirts designed with EarthShare Oregon's goals and values in three eye-catching designs. The first of the EarthShare series is available online. Order now> |
The Lorax Project for Young Environmentalists
From Conservation International
Because unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
You may recall these words of wisdom if you're a fan of Dr. Seuss, and now there's a fun, new interactive way that this sage advice is being delivered to the younger generation. The Lorax Project teaches young environmentalists about the importance of caring for our earth.
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