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There are many ways you can help...
- Feed birds
- Contribute to organizations that preserve habitat
- Buy shade grown coffee www.songbird.org
- Conserve energy (power production by conventional means pollutes)
- Use renewable energy ~ climate change due to increased CO2 emissions is changing the ranges of birds. www.abcbirds.org/climatechange
- Recycle (Manufacturing is often a pollution generator)
- Buy products that are built to last. Throw-away products require more materials and bigger landfills.
- Use cloth napkins. Paper for napkins decimates the boreal forests hundreds of bird species live. Nearly 50% of North America’s bird species rely on the boreal forest. Ask companies to use recycled materials. Check out www.borealbirds.org/action.html.
- Buy recycled paper products such as toilet paper, tissues and paper towels. Find out more and download a buyers guide at www.borealbirds.org/birdshopguide/BirdFriendlyShoppersGuide.pdf.
- Stop your junk mail ~ the boreal forest is also being logged to supply paper for catalogs. Each year, retailers mail about 17 billion catalogs. Find out how to stop junk mail by visiting www.newdream.org/junkmail/optout.php you’ll help save trees and bird habitat.
- Become involved. You can make a difference. Tell you friends how important it is.
If you have ideas on how we can help make a difference, please email us at info@justfeedbirds.com and insert “How you can help” in the subject line.
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