Help Save the Polar Bears
This wonderful illustrated book, written by my friend Joanne, is both educational and inspirational. You are invited to share this book with the children in your lives and to hopefully do what you can to help save the magnificent polar bears from extinction.
You can view the e-version below. (pdf)
Author: Joanne Hutchinson
Illustrator: Misha Harding
You can view the e-version below. (pdf)
Author: Joanne Hutchinson
Illustrator: Misha Harding
You may reach Joanne by email polarartificialislands@bell.net
if you would like to purchase a book/books for your family/school/library or to contribute to help build one of these islands.
Thank you for your support.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
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I woke up the morning of November 13,
2010 with this idea in my head and wrote a poem about Renu. The idea was; They have the Will to Live, they are Lucky to be alive, so lets help Renew the Species, hence the names of the polar bears in the poem. If we could build a floating raft out of light weight recycled plastic to look like an ice break it may save a polar bears life. They die of exhaustion trying to swim to a solid surface and there are many documented photos of them swimming in the middle of the ocean as the bears are tagged. |
We could put a cave on the raft for
protection from the elements and a stinky fish head bait bag to attract them to the raft. Once they eat the fish there will be a seal skin cover underneath, and when they chew through that, they access a fresh water holding tank in the bottom of the raft to drink from. If we are seeing aerial views of these bears swimming, then there must be planes or helicopters taking the pictures. A helicopter could drop one of these rafts near the swimming bear and hopefully he would swim to it. |
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While doing some research on the subject I
found there is quite a following on https:// getsatisfaction.com/WWF/topics/polar_ bears_and_artificial_islands where World Wildlife Fund staff answer questions about the Polar Bear situation. Thanks to: www.cwf-fcf.org Canadian Wildlife Federation Magazines “Canadian Wildlife” and “Wild” (For kids of all ages) www.polarbearsinternational.org, Polar Bears International. Macleans magazine, February 20,2012 issue. |
With the proceeds of the sale of this book
I am hoping to open a Polar Bear Rescue Centre in northern Canada to dispatch these rafts and find ways to ensure that polar bears continue to live and hopefully thrive. This centre will create jobs, awareness and education for generations to come. To learn how to reduce your carbon footprint: www.squidoo.com/carbon-footprint-2 , 101 ways to reduce your carbon footprint www.davidsuzuki.org The David Suzuki Foundation, search carbon footprint. |
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