Please contact us to let us know you are participating, for questions, and to send us your comments.

• Sue Memhard & Jim Crisp
P.O. Box 3106
Littleton, Colorado 80126 USA
friendoftheben@gmail.com

Would you like to support this site and Project to save more tropical forest for the BEN? Any amount will help ensure that the Project continues. Click here for easy Paypal link.

To make direct donations to HELP SAVE MORE FOREST, please send them to either MCL Costa Rica or MCLUS (see below for addresses/links) and mention The Dream The Forest Wild Kids' Book Project: 

COSTA RICA

The Monteverde Conservation League
The Children's Eternal Rain Forest Land Purchase Campaign
Apartado 124-5655
Monte Verde, Puntarenas
Costa Rica, America Central
Tel: (506) 2 645-5003, (506) 2 645- 5200
Fax: (506) 2 645-5104
The Monteverde Conservation League (MCL)

UNITED STATES (donations are US tax-deductible)

Monteverde Conservation League US Land Purchase Campaign
1128 Weidman Road,
Town & Country, MO 63017-8445
USA
Telephone: 314-878-8427
www.mclus.org
(This site is an excellent source of news about the BEN, great photos and information about rainforest wildlife). 


Also, we hope you will contact a Children's Rainforest Group closest to you and your school.

SWEDEN

• Eha Kern, Founder and "Mother of the BEN"
Barnens Regnskog Sweden
Pl 4471
137 94 Västerhaninge 
Tel & Fax: 08-530 23173
www.barnens-regnskog.net

ENGLAND

• Robin Jolliffe, Founder
Children's Tropical Forest, UK
25 Broadway
Peterborough,
PE1 1SQ
Tel: 01733 563966
Fax: 01733 555663
www.magikbirds.com/ctf/aboutctf/aboutctf.htm
(Another great site ---with eye-popping graphics--- for tropical forest photos and information).

JAPAN

• Kazumi Fukunaga, Founder
Nippon Kodomo No Jungle
Pension Fukunaga
Minehohra-Kogen, Suzaka-shi
Nagano Pref. 486-2211
Japan
http://www.tim.hi-ho.ne.jp/kfukunaga/
Children's Rainforest Japan nipponjungle.blogspot.com/

GERMANY

• Sabine Lechner
Kinderregenwald Deutschland Germany e. V.
Eckweg 26, D-88276 Berg
Germany
Tel: 0049-(0)751-44161
Fax: 0049-(0)751-552217
www.kinderregenwald.de/pages/home.html

CANADA

• Jan Pierre Sanchez and Mike Lubun
Children's Rainforest Canada
1064 Kingston Avenue
London, Ontario
Canada
http://childrenrainforest.tripod.com/

More Resources

(send us your favorite rainforest resource)

Kids Saving the Rainforest in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Founded and directed by kids, this site is a wonderful source of information, activism and inspiration.

Rainforest Information Centre In 1981, the Rainforest Information Centre was the first organization in the world to put the world's rainforests on the agenda. This important Australian site is hosted by John Seed and Ruth Rosenshek, environmental pioneers of the Deep Ecology movement. The linked page has good general information about rainforests for kids of all ages.

Children of The Earth United Multi-faceted site dedicated to creating a healthier planet. Kids' writings, prayers for the earth, and a multitude of resources make visiting this beautiful site a treat for both children and adults.

Children's Tropical Forests UK A new site of the UK Rainforest group mentioned at right. Chatty, fun, interactive & informative.

Compassionate Kids.com. Friendly, intelligent site dedicated to helping teach children compassion towards the Earth, People, and Animals. Resources include articles, activism, book and media reviews, and projects. Become a member, it's free.

Mongabay.com for kids. Terrific site by rainforest explorer Rhett Butler contains extensive information, photos, etc for kids and teachers, and is even available in many languages. The adult section is sweeping in scope. Amazon rainforest is primary focus.

The Wilderness Classroom uses interactive technology-based learning to engage students and teachers. Link goes to their kids' rainforest library with superb photos and information about rainforest animals and plants.

EcoLibrary site is an excellent source of materials and photos for teachers provided by conservation biologist and educator Dan Perlman.

Forest Friends Ireland promotes protecting the native trees and biodiversity of Ireland as well as the tropics.

Travelforkids.com  Fun things to do with kids in Costa Rica (and other countries). Books and other resources are suggested.

Photographer Tom Davis website has cool wildlife photos and entertaining commentary about his trips to Costa Rica.