by Susan | Mar 23, 2014 | A-Z Frogs, Children and Nature, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Earth Day, frog exhibits, Frog People, Frogs Are Green kids' art contest, Green Dream, How You Can Help, Kids Art Contest, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Save the Frogs Day, Teaching Kids about Frogs
The stage is set. Green Dream posters are in shop windows in Jersey City Heights and downtown Hoboken. This week, they will go up in uptown Hoboken and downtown Jersey City. More postcards are on the way and the newspaper advertising is about to begin. This is all...
by Susan | Mar 16, 2014 | A-Z Frogs, Children and Nature, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Contests, Earth Day, Frog fun, Frog People, Frogs Are Green contests, Frogs Are Green kids' art contest, Green Dream, How You Can Help, Kids Art Contest, Learn about Frogs, Save the Frogs Day, Teaching Kids about Frogs
Ask any child whether they like frogs and the answer is always YES! When I walk around my own neighborhood, I see children with frog umbrellas, boots, hats and they can easily imitate the sound of a frog too! Ribbit! This is why Frogs Are Green was founded in 2009....
by Susan | Mar 2, 2014 | Children and Nature, Contests, Earth Day, Environmental Health, Frog fun, Frog People, Frogs Are Green contests, Frogs Are Green kids' art contest, Green Dream, How You Can Help, Kids Art Contest, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Save the Frogs Day, Teaching Kids about Frogs
Each Fall Frogs Are Green hosts a Kids’ Art Contest. It gives me such a thrill when hundreds of children from around the world answer that call. These children are enrolled in after school art programs. Their parents must realize how important it is to enrich...
by Susan | Feb 9, 2014 | Amphibian research, biodiversity, Climate change and the Environment, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, Environmental Health, Frog and Toad Migration, Frog People, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, wildlife conservation
Guest post by Jeriann Watkins There are a few different reasons you might want frogs and toads in your garden. They do a great job of keeping bugs away. They’re fun to watch after rainstorms when they hop in puddles and through wet grass. They serenade you to sleep at...
by Susan | Jan 20, 2014 | Amphbian research, Amphibian habitat loss, biodiversity, Climate change and the Environment, Frog People, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Sea turtles, Turtles and Terrapins
Guest post by David Veljacic The Caretta Research Project is an organization working with loggerhead sea turtles nesting on Wassaw Island National Wildlife Refuge, just off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. The project takes volunteers weekly throughout the nesting and...
by Susan | Jan 14, 2014 | Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Frog hibernation, Frog People, How You Can Help, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads
I’m so pleased to share a story that comes by way of Lexington, Massachusetts. Jack Stearns, a scientist and Meteorologist, has rescued a bullfrog in the middle of Winter. Below are the details, correspondence that I shared with The Wandering Herpetologist, Sara...
