Trees for You and Me is a tree-planting conservation program created through a partnership between the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) and Polar Bears International (PBI). The local Nashville AAZK chapter encourages you to donate to their conservation efforts to provide tree-planting in areas of the world that have been devastated by deforestation.
Did you know you could plant trees for polar bears?
Polar bears are in trouble because the increasing amount of greenhouses gases in the atmosphere is causing the Earth's temperature to rise at an alarming rate. Melting sea ice from these warming conditions is a direct threat to polar bears that depend upon the ice to hunt, breed, and den. Reducing the build-up of carbon in the atmosphere is necessary to reverse climate change. Less carbon in the atmosphere means better conditions to retain arctic sea ice and improve polar bear habitat and survival.
Trees act as "carbon sinks" that absorb CO2 from the air. They store this carbon in roots, trunks, stems, and leaves while they grow and in wood products after they're harvested.
Conservation actions that reduce the production of greenhouse gasses are the most impactful efforts to save polar bears. Planting trees is one of the few tools that we have to sequester carbon. Saving tropical rainforests is even more impactful for sequestering CO2. As an individual and a group, you can make a difference.
FUNDRAISING CONTEST
Our fundraising heroes are eligible to win a great prize as a thank you for going the extra mile. You can use your registration to encourage people to donate in your name. Share it on your social media and reach out to your friends and family and have them help you win a great prize.
PRIZE:
The top fundraiser will win an exclusive animal encounter that is not offered anywhere else. (Minimum of $200 raised is required to be eligible for the prize)
Note: Fundraisers will be notified if they won the first week of March.
