Hey there dudes and dudets,

On the 25th of June my class hosted a movie called “FERN TREE GULLY”. We showed the movie to the preps, 2s,3s,4sand 5s.We were raising money for the Show You Care – Adopt a Square program by the Australian Rainforest Foundation.

See, if you give $1 to the program you adopt 1 square metre of rainforest. We raised $148 and adopted 148 square metres of rainforest in the Daintree. Our class got a Certificate and letter from the ARF which said:

Your donation will enable us to purchase vital land for conservation and will ensure the rainforest receives hands-on attention from local people … One of the flagship projects of the Foundation is to secure habitat for endangered species. The site you are adopting is important … as it expands a crucial wildlife corridor within the Daintree. It is also important cassowary habitat and securing this site will assist in conservation efforts for the long-term survival of this magnificent bird. The land is 8.8 hectares (21 acres) of lowland rainforest … Some plant species on the property are either listed as rare, vulnerable or even endangered.

For more information on the Show You Care – Adopt a Square program, visit the Australian Rainforest Foundation site.

If you want to save rainforest in the world generally, one easy thing you can do right NOW is change your search engine from Google to Ecosia! You can either have an add-on for your browser, or just go to the home page and make it your default search engine.

Well thats all for now.

Ceilidh

Read the story here:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/22/2577801.htm

Please keep donating – the research is even more critical now than ever.

Ceilidh