Birding the Hot Spots of King County - July 28 (Monday) 9:00 a.m. to noon
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What You Can Do
Learn what simple steps you can take in your own home to help the birds and our environment.
Shade Grown Coffee
Buy and drink shade grown coffee and save migratory bird habitat throughout the world.
Shade grown coffee plantations play a key role in the conservation of
migratory birds that have found a sanctuary in their forest-like
environment.
Conventional, "modern" coffee plantations are replacing wildlife habitat at an alarming rate, and the population of songbirds across North and South America is in significant decline. "Shade grown" coffee, the traditional method of coffee farming, offers a promising alternative.
Find out more about this issue below.
- Northwest Shade Grown Coffee Campaign - http://www.shadecoffee.org/
- Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Migratory Bird Center - Our national zoo - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Coffee/
- EarthEasy.com - Ideas for environmental sustainable living - http://eartheasy.com/eat_shadegrown_coffee.htm
- CoffeeResearch.org - Dedicated to the research of all aspects of coffee - from growing to beans to brewing http://www.coffeeresearch.org/politics/birdsafe.htm
- Grounds for Change - Northwest coffee roaster, offering only organic, shade grown, fair traded coffee - http://www.groundsforchange.com/