We are overwhelmed by the number of awesome Earth Day events that have taken place over the last week!

Here are some of our favorites:

1. Greenpeace has started a campaign called the International Dove Campaign to stop deforestation, species extinction and global climate destruction. The maker of Dove soap, Unilever, uses palm oil as a main ingredient and the company harvesting the palm oil for them is destroying the Indonesian rainforests to make their palm plantations (or farms). One of the many species in serious danger is our ape cousin, the orangutan. Watch their 1-minute video and take action online today.

2. In Arizona, elementary school kids released 300,000 ladybugs into their town as a natural remedy for a cumbersome pest. Aphids are tiny little bugs that eat and destroy plants, and ladybugs are their natural predators. What a cool and colorful idea…Where we grew up, ladybugs were good luck - 300,000 pieces of good luck sounds fantastic!

3. We’d rather you were out doing then watching TV, but Nickelodeon had eco-friendly shows on all day during Earth Day and showcased real kids doing real things for the environment. They’ve also launched a cool, new website, www.thebiggreenhelp.com where you can learn more about saving the environment and play green video games.

4. Scholastic books published the results of a survey where they asked kids how they thought we were doing in our environmental efforts. Kids gave us an ‘F’ for how we’ve done so far. Here are some other cool stats:

54% of kids said that "global climate change" is the most important
environmental issue facing the world today.
77% of kids think we should "figure out new ways to recycle old stuff"
as a way to deal with our trash.
52% of kids think that solar power is the most promising alternative
energy resource.
7% of kids say they are willing to do "nothing" to stop global
warming.
85% of kids say that responsibility for the environment belongs to
everyone (not just the government, scientists or adults).

5. Many websites and bloggers told the world about great books that teach kids about ‘going green’…we are so pleased to be among so many books that teach children about the environment and the earth’s special creatures!

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