Sunday, December 20, 2009

Holiday Shopping Procrastinators Could Help Save the World

CI's 'Season's Greenings' attack offers different online anniversary gifts.

Washington, D.C. (Vocus/PRWEB ) December 21, 2007 -- Take affection those who accept yet to complete - or even alpha -- their anniversary arcade for accompany and admired ones. By authoritative an online donation at conservation.org/holidaygift, those analytic for an innovative, and last-minute, allowance advantage can accomplish a tax-deductible donation in account of someone, which will go to assure basic biodiversity above our planet.

Olive Ridley turtle authoritative its way to the sea.

Recipients will accept a admirable alone e-card on the specific date the donor selects. Each e-card includes active adumbration and a description of the different ecology abundance that the allowance will advice protect. Gift-givers may aswell baddest to book out a allowance agenda to supplement the e-card or to present in lieu of an online notification, such as a stocking stuffer.

The ability are accessible in a array of budgetary increments, alignment from $20 to $100,000 and advice break the some of a lot of acute ecology issues on the planet. Gift-givers may baddest from 14 altered online allowance options, including:

-   Gifts to save endangered breed such as the Tiger starting at $20.
-   A allowance of alone $50 to barrier altitude change by attention forests in Madagascar.
-   A $500 donation to aegis the endangered Mountain Gorilla, which faced a above setback this summer if six adults were collapsed in the Congo, abrogation two drop babies.
-   A allowance for those who accept everything. A high-end allowance from $10,000 to $100,000 to forward a aggregation of CI scientists to appraise and advice save the a lot of biologically affluent areas of the Earth.

Conservation International appear a analysis endure ages which begin that a majority (53%) of Americans would adopt to accept blooming ability this anniversary division compared to a acceptable allowance of according value. Two in 5 (43%) Americans aswell said that they plan on giving blooming ability during the holidays.

SURVEY FINDINGS:

Americans Ready to Give and Get Green

-   One-third (33%) of Americans would rather absorb money on a anniversary allowance that is environmentally friendly, compared to a acceptable allowance like a camera (33%) or watch (22%).
-   Clothing fabricated from amoebic cotton, a donation in their name to assure an endangered breed or forest, and amoebic claimed affliction articles were a allotment of the a lot of accepted blooming gifts.
-   Almost bisected (49%) of Americans say they do not accede that they are acquainted of blooming ability options they could accord this year.
-   Women are added absorbed in accepting blooming ability than men (62% vs. 53%).

Survey Methodology

The analysis was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation via telephone. One thousand American adults 18 years or earlier were surveyed from September 28-October 1, 2007. The allowance of absurdity is +/-3%. The abounding analysis after-effects are accessible aloft request.

Recognition as Responsible Charity

More than 85 percent of CI's costs go anon to attention programs and alone 4 percent to fundraising, earning CI an "A" ability appraisement from the American Institute of Philanthropy for 10 years running. CI has aswell accustomed a 4-star appraisement from Charity Navigator, America's better absolute analyzer of charities.

*Photos to Accompany Story Can Be Found Here:
http://images.conservation.org/admin/packaging/viewtransmit_ext.aspx?messageId=101988&userName=mmaher&session=3f394265c351fe8ed7d891820783c10a

Media Contacts:
Marshall Maher, Conservation International
703-341-2623
www.conservation.org

Jessica Mendelowitz, Ketchum
646-935-4173

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