Gifts at Changing The Present

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Fund Climate Research Add this gift item to your wishlist or registry

Climate change solutions

The Climate Group

Gifts will be dedicated to the costs of researching solutions. The Climate Group provides case studies and targeted research for corporate and government leaders wishing to tackle climate change. more

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Plant A Tree Add this gift item to your wishlist or registry

One araucaria tree

ForestEthics

Some of Chile's endangered forests are so remote they are said to be "at the end of the Earth," but they are not far enough away to escape industrial destruction, including the world's oldest surviving tree species, araucaria araucana, (a type of "monkey puzzle" tree) that shelters the world's most endangered fox sp... more

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Private underwriting of a small percentage of the cost can flip the financial calculus. Here’s how it works: Your donation pays for one solar cell, which makes up part of an array. more

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Your gift will help Defenders of Wildlife work to educate people about the need to protect sea otters, as well as help local communities and the fishing industry live in harmony with these adorable little animals. more

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Cut Pollution Add this gift item to your wishlist or registry

Renewable energy credits

Clean Air Cool Planet

By donating to Clean Air–Cool Planet, you can offset 1000 pounds of carbon. The donation will purchase Renewable Energy Certificates from NativeEnergy, a Vermont company that provides incremental funding for wind, landfill gas and farm methane projects that might not otherwise be built. more

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Your gift to Adopt A Penguin will enable Defenders of Wildlife’s work with automakers and members of Congress to raise the standard fuel efficiency of cars and trucks. The burning of fossil fuels is the single most human-related cause of rising temperatures around the globe. more

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Your gift will help RMI convince investors that cellulosic technologies are possible. We will work to convince the fuels industry how and why they can make money adopting these new technologies and concomitant business models. RMI has the capabilities to develop these compelling business cases. more

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Stop Global Warming Add this gift item to your wishlist or registry

6,000 lbs of carbon

Carbonfund.org

Your donation reduces 6,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions to neutralize the impact of a year’s worth of driving. Carbonfund.org will support renewable energy, such as wind and solar; energy efficiency and reforestation projects that offset carbon dioxide emissions. more

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Your gift today will help Defenders continue to advocate in Congress on behalf of the voiceless wildlife of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Please visit www.savearcticrefuge.org for more information on our programs and advocacy. more

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How you can help: Right now we have a special opportunity to purchase grazing privileges on four different allotments next to Yellowstone. It is vital that we are fully prepared to act with the proper funds on hand, the moment an agreement is reached. The great news…it only costs $2 to adopt one wildlife acre. more

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Reduce Carbon Add this gift item to your wishlist or registry

35,000 lbs offset

Root Capital

Your gift would help remove 35,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: the equivalent of that which would be created on 6 plane trips across the United States! How? The microbial communities that exist in organic soils transform carbon from organic debris into biomass, thereby “sequestering" the carbo... more

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Light A House Add this gift item to your wishlist or registry

One solar lantern

Barefoot College

Your gift will provide a solar lantern for a rural house, which provides two hours of light every night for two years. Barefoot solar engineers trained by the Barefoot College fabricate and maintain solar lanterns used to provide light in their communities. more