About this campaign
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WHAT IS ?TREES FOR YOU AND ME??
Did you know you could plant trees for polar bears? Trees for You and Me (TFYM) is a tree-planting conservation program created in 2009 through a partnership between the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) and Polar Bears International (PBI). Both organizations recognize a mutual passion in combating climate change and reaching to communities to aid in greening efforts. TFYM is a campaign run by Zoo Keepers to raise money to combat climate change!. Funds raised by local AAZK chapters supports the Trees for You and Me Grant. The winning applicant is actively mitigating climate change through education and reforestation practices.
HOW DOES TFYM AND PBI FIT TOGETHER?
Polar bears are in trouble because the increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is causing the Earth?s temperature to rise at an alarming rate. Melting sea ice from these warming conditions is a direct threat to polar bears that depend upon the ice to hunt, breed, and den. Reducing the build-up of carbon in the atmosphere is necessary to reverse climate change. Less carbon in the atmosphere means better conditions to retain arctic sea ice and improve polar bear habitat and survival. Trees act as ?carbon sinks? that absorb CO2 from the air. They store this carbon in roots, trunks, stems, and leaves while they grow and in wood products after they?re harvested. Conservation actions that reduce the production of greenhouse gases are the most impactful efforts to save polar bears. Planting trees is one of the few tools that we have to sequester carbon. Saving tropical rainforests is even more impactful for sequestering CO2.
The AAZK Trees for You and Me Program educates individuals about climate issues, encourages fundraising by AAZK Chapters, and supplies a forest based carbon-offset grant to qualified entities in an effort to help polar bears and the loss of their sea ice habitat.
A special thank you to Becky & Brian from Peppermint Narwhal,
http://www.peppermintnarwhal.com/, for designing the TFYM shirt!!
Thank you for supporting the AAZK Trees for You and Me Program & helping polar bears!
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