ABOUT CG/24
The CG24 Conservation project is a commitment to help protect and promote the environment. Each year Collared Greens will partner with three conservationist to help promote their effort and donate to their cause. Collared Greens will donate one percent of our profits on behalf of One Percent for the Planet and donate another percent, for a total of two percent of our profits, on behalf of Collared Greens and Marvin Leopold, the green polar bear. The environment needs our help. And Collared Greens intends to do just that, Help! Thanks for being a part of the CG24 Conservation Project. Collared Greens and the environment can't thank you enough.

“We did not inherit this land from our father, we are borrowing it from our children.” – Famous Chieftain

POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL

Polar Bears International (PBI) is an organization whose work is field-based in the icy North where polar bears roam. PBI believes that scientific research, educating the public, and conservation activities are the keys to saving the polar bear and its artic habitat. The Loss of sea ice in the Artic is threatening polar bear’s survival. Polar bears depend on the ice as a platform from which to hunt seals, the mainstay of their diet. They also rely on sea ice for breeding and denning. Scientists now predict that two-thirds of the world’s polar bears could vanish by 2050 if current warming trends continue.

Although polar bears are treading on thin ice, the situation is not irreversible – and PBI is taking a two pronged approach to saving the bears. First, PBI is working with the world’s leading polar bear scientist to gather data needed to make sound management decisions. For example, PBI supports the global Polar Population Project, which is helping scientists pinpoint the geographic pockets where polar bears might survive as the sea ice diminishes. Second, PBI’s wide range of educational programs inspire, inform and empower people to make a difference by reducing carbon emissions and motivating others to do the same.

www.polarbearsinternational.org. 105 Morris Street, Suite 188, Sebastopol, CA 95472.

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SURFRIDER FOUNDATION USA

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit, grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 80 chapters worldwide.

www.surfrider.org. P.O. Box 6010, San Clemente, CA, 92674.

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BIG WOOD BACKCOUNTRY TRAILS

The Mission of Big Wood Backcountry Trails is to improve single track dirt trail opportunities in and around Idaho’s Wood River Valley for all user groups. Big Wood Backcountry Trails (BWBT) was formed in 1996. Mountain bikers, hikers, motorcyclist, and equestrians joined forces in the Wood River Valley in response to a threat of trail closures near the area.

BWBT started out by raising critical funds during their first summer to hire a three person forest service crew to perform 16 weeks of trail maintenance. Their efforts prevented trail closures and they set a tone for the type of work BWBT does today. Today, BWBT is a trail user coalition that works to make Big Wood Backcountry trails the best that they can be for all user groups. BMBT promotes a stewardship ethic and BWBT encourages everyone to take personal responsibility for the trials. Each year, BWBT leads hundreds of volunteers into the field. “Our trails are important to us – to our happiness, our health, and to our local economy. We work to protect and improve this incredible resource.”

www.bwbt.org. P.O. Box 5131, Ketchum, ID, 83340.

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DAN DARRAH, MUSICIAN

Performing over three hundred shows in the last few years, Dan Darrah has established himself as a remarkably unique singer-songwriter, with a soulful distinct voice that captures even the least receptive audiences. Dan has developed a devoted fan base exponentially expanding in Chicago, the Midwest, the United States, and beyond. In the last year and a half, Dan has shared the stage with the Bo Deans, Sister Hazel, Jesse Harris, Jeffery Gaines, The Samples, Marty Lloyd of The Freddie Jones Band and the 10,000 Maniacs.

“I've had a busy couple years, I have a new little baby girl and life is good.” I'm really looking forward to getting back to the acoustic and working on a solo record. Thank you all for the continued love and support." – Dan

www.dandarrah.com

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NATIVE ENERGY

Collared Greens is proud to be working with NativeEnergy to reduce our carbon output.

Carbon offsets are the only practical way that you can reduce your global warming pollution to zero. Reducing the amount of energy we use is critically important in the effort to stop global warming.

But it isn't nearly enough.

Even if you drive a hybrid car, use compact fluorescent lighting and take every energy saving step you can, you are still going to use some energy and create CO2 pollution. There's only one way to do something about the carbon-based pollution you can't avoid creating - help reduce CO2 pollution another way.

With NativeEnergy, you can help finance and build new clean and renewable energy projects that help create sustainable economic benefits for Native Americans, Alaska Native villages and other local communities, and that help America's family farmers compete with agribusiness. These projects will displace electricity from fossil fuels and reduce other greenhouse gas emissions on your behalf, making up for the CO2 emissions you can't avoid.

www.nativeenergy.com. 30 Kimball Avenue, Suite 301, South Burlington, VT 05403.

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