http://mclus.org Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:02:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Father's Day Gift from the Children's Eternal Rainforest As Father's Day quickly approaches, we prepare to honor the men who taught us to play catch, helped us build tree forts, and lent their fatherly wisdom to enhance our lives. This Father's Day, consider giving your dad—or any man in your ... http://mclus.org/mclus-e-newsletter-june-2009/ In an effort to encourage bloggers to write about their favorite charities, Zemanta launched a “Blogging for a Cause” contest, where they will give $6,000 in donations to the five most blogged about charities. We invite supporters of the Monteverde Conservation League US to help promote the Children's Eternal Rainforest ... http://mclus.org/blogging-for-the-childrens-eternal-rainforest/ Give Your Mom the Gift of the Rainforest this Mother's Day! This Mother's Day, the Children's Eternal Rainforest has set aside a Mother's Grove within their 54,000 acres in Costa Rica to honor all mothers around the world who helped protect it. We invite you to give your mom the priceless ... http://mclus.org/mclus-e-newsletter-may-2009/ The Children's Eternal Rainforest Sends You an Earth Day Gift! We think of it as a gift when the rainforest occasionally reveals one of its secrets to us. Very recently some hikers crossing one of the remotest areas of the Children's Eternal Rainforest received such a gift. They were ... http://mclus.org/mclus-e-newsletter-april-2009/ Bosque Para Siempre: The Collaborative Forest Forever Project MCL and MCLUS are part of the collaborative that is working to protect and reforest Pacific slope.  Recently the U of Vermont graduate program sent  well-trained students to help create a layered map showing land priorities that local biologists and members of the ... http://mclus.org/mclus-e-newsletter-march-2009/ MCLUS President in Monteverde In order to stay in close communication with the Monteverde Conservation League Rachel Crandell attended MCL Annual Meeting this month. Much gratitude was expressed by the MCL Board for MCLUS' contribution that made the recent land purchase possible. The addition of Pacific slope land to ... http://mclus.org/mclus-e-newsletter-febuary-2009/ Getting to Know the Children's Eternal Rainforest Better You can check out El Bosque Eterno de los Niños (BEN) on Google Earth.  Put in these coordinates and zoom in on Costa Rica:  10 22' N, 84 43' W. You will undoubtedly notice that there is a large dark green blob under the ... http://mclus.org/mclus-e-newsletter-january-2009/ The Children's Eternal Rainforest Posters will soon be available to be purchased on line through Bill and Ellie's website www.mathisjones.com.ShareThis http://mclus.org/the-childrens-eternal-rainforest-posters-available-soon/ WONDERFUL NEWS! Children's Eternal Rainforest LAND PURCHASE ANNOUNCEMENT! Yuber Rodriguez, interim director of MCL, has just sent us the word! On Thursday, December 18, 2008, the Monteverde Conservation League signed a contract to buy Olger Badilla's 115 acres and add it to the permanent protection of the Children's Eternal Rainforest. This ... http://mclus.org/mclus-e-newsletter-december-2008/ Happy Thanksgiving!! And Thanks to all our Children Partners Children all across the United States have initiated different ways to raise money and awareness for the Children's Eternal Rainforest. They have worked together as school classrooms, as a  student council, as home school groups, and as just individual devoted kids who banded together with ... http://mclus.org/mclus-e-newsletter-november-2008/