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During last year's AZA conference, the Philadelphia Zoo distributed Pet Shopping decision cards. Very similar to the MBay Seafood cards, it lists 3 levels of pets, the good decisions, the tolerable, and the bad choices. Naturally, can't find mine at the moment. Maybe its under a cat.
Donna Dupske
The Butterfly House
Chesterfield, MO
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Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:15:02 PM
Subject: Purchasing decisions cards
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For those of you that discuss with visitors (or staff) making choices with
your purchases to fight climate change, eat more healthfully, etc., such as
those that use Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Selector, there are a couple
of others to be aware of:
Climate Counts - http://www.climatecounts.org/
<http://www.climatecounts.org/> - for general large-companies that are
making (or not) corporate changes (Nike, McDonald's, ConAgra, etc.)
Environmental Working Group's guide to pesticides in produce:
http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php
<http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php>
And the seafood guides: http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatch.asp
<http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatch.asp> (has regional versions)
http://seafood.audubon.org/ <http://seafood.audubon.org/>
http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1521
<http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1521>
If you know of more, please share!
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Kathryn Stofer
TerraLink Exhibit Manager
Maryland Science Center
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Baltimore, Maryland 21230
p 410.545.5976
f 410.545.5974
http://www.marylandsciencecenter.org <http://www.marylandsciencecenter.org>
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