Desert/Recycling/Land/Animal Resources
The following is a list of organizations that are free and safe to access on the topics of the environment, animals and plants as well as recycling. Many parks, zoos, botanical gardens in your own backyard support all of these topics. See what is local!
Search these national programs online by typing the name in your search engine.
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National Park Service for park, animal and plant information. Look for educational programs and materials.
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National Geographic Kids-Animals
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National Science Foundation
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Peregrine Fund for information about bird conservation
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National Institute of Environmental Health for Kids-Recycling
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Global Recycling Day
AMERICA RECYCLES DAY - November 15th...What will you do??? What land area will you help protect??? According to National Geographic, Americans send 64 tons of waste to landfills during their lifetime. YUCK!!!
https://www.epa.gov/recyclingstrategy/america-recycles-day
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GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY - March 18th...Will you help? Maybe try plalking, plogging or pliking! What do those mean? See the definitions below... https://www.globalrecyclingday.com
Information gleaned from an article in Washington Post about the National Parks and Subaru Zero Landfill Initiative...
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Visitors to National Parks leave 100 million pounds of trash each year.
That would fill up the Statue of Liberty 1800 times!
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You can help!
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Get a reusable cup (reduce 58 billion cups to landfills each year)
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Bring your own bottle (stop 2.5 million bottles each hour from being tossed)
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No plastic bags (eliminate the need for plastics and get a reusable bag)
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Take what you bring in (remove your own trash and pick up any you see)
Even Merriam-Webster dictionary is getting in step...Although not all of these words made it into the dictionary, they will soon! www. merriamwebster.com
Plogging is a term invented by Erik Ahlström. It refers to the act of picking up trash
and litter while jogging. It comes from the Swedish term plocka upp,
which means "to pick up," and jogging.
Watch for these new words...people are already using them as they work!
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pliking - when someone picks up trash when hiking or biking
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plalking - when someone picks up trash while walking
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WHICH WILL YOU START DOING??? Don't forget a trash bag and gloves.
Information about the California Condors and the current conservation programs to preserve their species can be found at these locations. If you live nearby visit one and find out even more!
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​Peregrine Fund in Boise, Idaho
They raise, then release and monitor condors to track movement and safety in the wild.
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Zoos that support Condor Programs include
San Diego Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Oregon Zoo and the Oakland Zoo​
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Areas where Condors are released into the wild include:
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California: Four counties in the coastal mountains
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Arizona at the Vermilion Cliffs of the Grand Canyon
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Utah near Zion National Park
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Baja of California, Mexico in the mountains​