It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for our lovely weekly round-up of posts we hope you read, but if you missed them the first time around, well, here they are again.

First up we have two current Tree Hugging contests happening:

For kids – A Cute & Reusable Kid’s Shopping Bag from Envirosax Contest
And for parents & babies – BabyBam Collection contest

This week the biggest Tree Hugging focus was likely our look at consumerism, materialism, and how it all relates to kids and green living. We had some good conversations about this going on, so don’t miss any of these posts:

Raising Green …read more

The Scimitar-Horned Oryx (or just Scimitar Oryx) is considered extinct in the wild by the IUCN Red List, but there have been unsubstantiated reports of them in Niger and Chad. These animals once lived in the deserts of Egypt, Senegal and Chad. They are one of three species of oryx.
So, can you still hug this animal?
Yes! Zoos and wildlife centers have been breeding the Scimitar Oryx so that it can be reintroduced in the wild. The first stage of reintroductions of the oryx occurred in February 2007 in Tunisia, located in northern Africa.
Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center …read more