For the Earth
* Try changing one habit a month in order to reduce your carbon footprint.
For 15 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
* Join your local National Audubon chapter or local hiking club and take a bird walk or a hike. Go to: http://www.audubon.org/search-by-zip
* Visit our National and State Parks. Go to: http://www.nps.gov/index.htm
* Some of my favorite wildlife/nature sites:
- Wolf Conservation Center
- Field Trip Earth – North Carolina Zoo
- Pbs.org – Nature
- Defenders of Wildlife – defenders.org and kidsplanet.org
- US Fish and Wildlife Service -Endangered Species Program
- National Audubon – Just for Kids!
- Just in! A site on endangered animals shared by student, Michael – www.optionsanimal.com/endangered-animals-world
* Some favorite Long Island, NY wildlife preserves and sanctuaries:
- Garvies Point Museum and Preserve
50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove, NY 11542-1765, (516) 571-8010 - Welwyn Preserve
Crescent Beach Road Glen Cove, NY 11542 - (516) 571-7900 - Shu Swamp, also known as the Charles T. Church Nature Preserve
Frost Mill Road, Mill Neck, NY (516) 671-0283. - Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park
395 Planting Fields Rd, Oyster Bay, NY 11771-1302, (516) 922-9210 - Alley Pond Park
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
- Town of Oyster Bay – Places to Go, Things to Do
* Go Organic!
Whenever possible, eat organic produce and support Community Supported Agriculture.