Green Website Resources:
RecycleWorks Kids
This is a great website created by the City of San Mateo, providing kids with all the information they need on global warming
and the environment in an interactive and fun way, including games, art, eco-links and more!
Environmental Kids Club
The Environmental Protection Agency for Kids, with tons of info on the environment providing a great resource for children. www.freecycle.org This network is made up of and thousands of groups and members worldwide for people who are giving and getting things for free in their own towns and therefore reducing the waste that goes into landfill. Simply go to the above link and type in your town you will be directed from there.
The Freecycle Network
This network is made up of and thousands of groups and members worldwide for people who are giving and getting things for free in their own towns and therefore reducing the waste that goes into landfill. Simply go to the above link and type in your town you will be directed from there.
PaperBack Swap
Did you buy a book you no longer read or want to find an out of print book your library no longer carries? Check out this useful site, in essence it is a virtual book swap with easy to follow directions.
Free Rice
Test your vocabulary! For each correct answer 10 grains of rice are donated through the UN End World Food Pogram to end hunger.
Ocean Conservancy
This great website gives great info about the ocean at large and how it affects the health of the planet. Each year they provide detailed info on “International Coastal Clean-up Day” which is a huge worldwide event and the largest of its kind. Over 76 countries are involved and millions of pounds of trash are retrieved from oceans and waterways and recorded.
WWF
The World Wildlife Fund does so much good for the animal kingdom and brings awareness to how the loss of species affects our planet. Check out this website if you would like to adopt or sponsor an animal on the endangered list. There are over 90 species to choose from with prices starting from $25.00. In return you or the recipient will receive a photo of the animal and an adoption certificate!
World Land Trust-US
Consider giving the gift of some land preserved in a loved one’s name! From Brazil to Hawaii, many spots need your help, check out this website for more information.
UNICEF
Unicef does so much for third world countries and children around the world from vaccinating against disease through to funding educational programs and everything else in between. When you next send an e-card consider sending one through Unicef which will have real impact! By paying $1.50 a card you will also provide 50 syringes to immunize 50 children. 5 cards costing you $7.00 will purchase a long lasting mosquito net protecting a family from Malaria. The more cards you send, the cheaper the purchase price and the greater the gift!
Collective Good
Environmentally and socially responsible recycling, for cell phones pagers and PDAs.
Earth911
Recycling resource, listing drop off spots and sound guidance about E-Waste.
Adopt a Library
Provides pages of information on how to donate books to literacy programs including drop-off points for books, through such organizations as Good Will Industries, Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul, who will take your used books for redistribution