The next time your phone rings, it might be a mating call.
To celebrate Valentine's Day, the Center for Biological Diversity offers free downloads of Love Calls of the Wild, a ringtone collection made from animals' social and mating calls. Watch the video below to see some of the available sounds:
In addition to providing an unusual way of knowing that you have a call, the ringtones can help draw attention to endangered wildlife. Love Calls of the Wild is part of the Center for Biological Diversity's Rare Earthtones ringtone collection, which features endangered and threatened species. Because of their unique sound, the ringtones can serve as conversation starters about struggling species and habitat loss. To learn more about the ringtones, click here.
Hear that whale singing? It's for you.
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
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12 February 2014
02 February 2014
Bee Mine
Pesticides have had a devastating impact on bee populations. In response, Friends of the Earth is asking people to show bees some love on February 14 by taking a special valentine to Home Depot and/or Lowe's stores. The card calls on the companies to stop selling pesticides that kill bees.
To get a card and further instructions from Friends of the Earth, sign up here. Then, on Valentine's Day, make your move.
Love isn't all we need. We need bees too.
16 January 2011
Green at Heart
With Valentine's Day less than a month away, it's time to start thinking about special gifts, but this year, don't forget the environment.
Buying things may have become a major part of February 14, but we can still make statements with what we buy. Hopefully, one of those statements is, "I love you." Another can be, "I love the planet."
Flowers are a traditional Valentine's gift, but their growth, harvest, and shipment can leave quite an impact on the environment. Therefore, if your gift plans include flowers, consider Organic Bouquet. As the name implies, the company sells organically grown flowers. It also operates under fair-trade policies and offsets the carbon footprint of its operations and shipments.
What is more, by going to the company's Flowers for Good page, you can choose flower arrangements that benefit nonprofit groups. Organic Bouquet donates a portion of the proceeds from the arrangements to various charities, including animal and environmental groups. Just look through the different arrangements and see what charity each one supports. Personally, I like the Defenders of Wildlife and the Audubon Society arrangements.
This is a great way to make sure Nature gets a Valentine too.
♡
Buying things may have become a major part of February 14, but we can still make statements with what we buy. Hopefully, one of those statements is, "I love you." Another can be, "I love the planet."
Flowers are a traditional Valentine's gift, but their growth, harvest, and shipment can leave quite an impact on the environment. Therefore, if your gift plans include flowers, consider Organic Bouquet. As the name implies, the company sells organically grown flowers. It also operates under fair-trade policies and offsets the carbon footprint of its operations and shipments.
What is more, by going to the company's Flowers for Good page, you can choose flower arrangements that benefit nonprofit groups. Organic Bouquet donates a portion of the proceeds from the arrangements to various charities, including animal and environmental groups. Just look through the different arrangements and see what charity each one supports. Personally, I like the Defenders of Wildlife and the Audubon Society arrangements.
This is a great way to make sure Nature gets a Valentine too.
♡
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