BLOG POST OF THE WEEK FROM GREEN BUDDIES GROUP!

This blogspost is from Caramel, Julia1 and Molly4s blog The Green Buddies Group. They have lots of really cool information and are very caring! Check it out at http://greenbuddiesgrope.blogspot.com/2010/01/eco-buddies.html#comments

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PENNIES FOR PANDAS: A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT PANDAS

WOW! CHECK OUT WHAT THIS SUPER COOL SCHOOL DID TO HELP PANDAS!

Students and staff members at Sky Vista Middle School have raised more than $1,200 in pennies for the Pennies 4 Pandas program, which benefits the endangered giant panda. The money will be used to replant bamboo forests in China which were destroyed by the May 2008 earthquake. Bamboo is the giant panda’s primary food source.

Sixth-grader Dylan Hobson brought in 7,000 pennies by himself!

“It made me feel really good because I knew I was making a difference in the world,” said Hobson. “It took a while though. I had two backpacks full of pennies and they were so heavy!”

Eighth-grader Kiana Mun-Williams said she learned that giant pandas are an important part of the earth’s ecosystem and was glad to help them.

“Pandas are adorable and we don’t need anymore extinct animals,” Mun-Williams said. “We worked as a team and had fun.”

Students, teachers or organizations who would like information or want to participate in Pennies 4 Pandas can go to www.pennies4pandas.org or call (303) 933-2365. General information about the history, mission and programs of Pandas International can be found at www.pandasinternational.org

ECOBUDDIES PARTNER PANDAS INTERNATIONAL WISHES YOU A BEARY CHRISTMAS

This is sooooo cute. Check it out. Pandas International is a wonderful organization that helps kids and adults support Pandas! Pandas are an endangered animal so they need lots of love and support!

Check out the organization by clicking here: http://www.pandasinternational.org

Stay Green!

Violet

I NEED GREEN CHRISTMAS TIPS :)

I am wondering if you can tell me how to be green on Christmas... like, for example, what types of things we can do to make sure that we do not throw lots of stuff away. Let me know what you think, ok? I will post all of your responses on my blog!

Stay Cool and Go Green!

Violet

BUNNY'S FOR MOLLY4

A TORTIOSE FOR COMBA!

Comba Womba has a tortoise named Tommy! I wonder if he is big or small. If it is a big one, Comba must have a HUGE tank.

Tortoises are reptiles that live on land. They can be tiny or very large- up to 2 meters long! Tortoises are very reclusive, which means they are not social creatures. Baby tortoises are called hatchlings and use something called an 'egg tooth' to break out of their shells.

The lifespan of tortoises are comparable to the lifespan of humans although some live much longer. The oldest tortoise to ever live was one that was given to Captain Cook in 1777 when it was just a baby. His name was Tu'i Malila and he lived to be 188 years old- WOW! He lived longer than Captain Cook!

Tortoises are pretty cool, hey?

Stay Cool and Be Green!

Violet

Pandas International- Awesome Page for Kids!

Photo: Rob, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Awwww! Want to see the cutest videos of Pandas EVER? Check out this website:
Pandas International Just for Kids!
http://www.pandasinternational.org/kids.html

Pandas International has a really awesome hut in EcoBuddies in Tiki Island! Have you checked it out yet?

Be Cool and Stay Green!

Violet

Animal of the Week: Kittens!

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Mathias Erhart

As promised to Queen Fuzzbally of EcoBuddies, the animal of the week is kittens! Can you believe that cat moms have 2-3 litters of kittens per year and 1-8 kittens per litter? Wow! This means a cat mom has about 100 kittens in her lifetime. That's a lot of kitties to care for!

The cat with the most kittens was a mom called Dusty who had 480 kittens in her lifetime! Wow!

One of the most amazing cats was from Argentina. Her name was Mincho and she climbed up a tree and lived there for 6 years, never coming down the tree! She had three litters of kittens even while living in the tree... WOW!

Kittens begin dreaming at one week old. Their eye color begins changing as they grow older. Kittens cannot see or hear when they are born. They begin to open their eyes at 5 days old and their hearing and vision develop after 2 weeks.

A group of kittens is called a kindle- cute!

If any Buddies want to send me a picture of their kitten or cat I will post it on this blog, ok?

Stay Cool and Be Green!

Violet

Check Out This Amazing Video!

Waste Reduction Week: Ocotber 19 to 25

Wow! It is waste reduction week! October 19 to the 25th! So what does that mean? It means that this is a great week to think about how you can care for our planet, as well as how to reduce the amount of garbage you create!

One of the things I thought about this week was how to reduce the amount of garbage I create from all the stuff in my lunch box. My mom usually gives me a granola bar that comes in a wrapper, a juice box, a sandwich wrapped in tinfoil, and an apple. We decided together that we would make some changes this week so my lunch created less waste. Now we are baking cookies to replace the granola bar so that we don't use extra wrappers and we are using reusable containers for my juice, sandwich, apple and cookies. Yeah!

I feel pretty happy!

Over and out, Stay Green!

Violet