Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Charitable Search Engine

Make donating a part of every internet search by using www.GoodSearch.com

GoodSearch is the same as google, yahoo or any other search engine, except every time you search using their browser a penny is donated to a charity of your choice (including SaveNature.Org!) So set this search engine up as your default and start making charitable donations everyday! Maybe even every minute...

Justify your all day online searches by using GoodSearch and donating to SaveNature.Org!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

SaveNature News!

There have been a lot of exciting new updates in the past month.



SaveNature.Org has now joined the gamer ranks of many other non-profits with its very own application, Save the Reef! For all of you FaceBook users, go look up our new game created by Earth Guard and have fun playing to save your very own reef. You can decorate with cute fish, coral and other marine creatures or stop further damage from occuring to your or your friends' reefs. You can also make donations towards SaveNature.Org's Adopt A Reef program, which will go to Palau Micronesia's protected area.



Another bit of news is that our lab now has a healthy population of Thai Sticks! With a purchase of a new environmental chamber and lots of TLC our Thai Stick eggs have finally emerged from a long dormancy of SEVERAL YEARS. We have slowly been brining a few out as a part of our Insect Discovery Lab as a new edition and they are quickly stealing the spotlight.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Eco-Kid Spotlight

Jacob wearing a t-shirt of his own eco-hero, Steve Irwin.

Jacob Danko

The Outdoors has never been a stranger to Jacob Danko. This 9 year-old kid spends his free-time taking nature classes through the local State Parks, volunteering at creek clean-ups and going to the zoo. At a very early age Jacob's parents noticed his love for wildlife and encouraged him not only to appreciate it, but also to participate in saving it. At the age of 7 Jacob began fundraising with Wildlife Warriors based out of Australia, for Steve Irwin Day. He collected donations through family and friends as well as with a lemonade stand, but most impressively he held his own raffle with donated items gathered from local businesses. Jacob ended up the sixth top individual fundraiser for the Wildlife Warriors WORLDWIDE and will be continuing his extraordinary fundraising efforts this year through the "Hero Page" web site, www.everydayhero.com, where you can go online and support him. When asked what his future plans are, Jacob's response is simply "MORE!" which is how we at SaveNature.Org found out about Jacob. He has noticed the increase in development and loss of natural habitat, and was inquiring with SaveNature.Org about how he can raise more funds for groups, participate more in conservation activities and spread the word about the importance of wilderness and wildlife. Watch out John Muir, it looks like Jacob Danko will be the next great naturalist.

If you would like to be featured as SaveNature.Org’s Eco-Kid Spotlight for May 2009 contact sharyl@savenature.org.