WWF-NL / Hetty Kramer

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Thanks to your symbolic adoption of this polar bear, we can protect this animal and its environment even better.

Dearest colleagues,

This Christmas, we decided to embrace the spirit of giving by supporting the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

We have chosen a specific form of support through the purchase of an adoption package! This way we support three remarkable animal species: the panda, polar bear, and tiger.

As an organization that holds sustainability in high regard, we believe this donation will have a positive impact on preserving our planet.

As a sign of this donation, this year each employee will receive an adoption package, containing a stuffed animal and information about the specie it supports.

Moreover, the box itself can be transformed into postcards, so nothing will be wasted.

Let's all make a difference together and create a more sustainable future!

A big thank you to everyone for 2023, and we look forward to continuing together in the new year!

Calzedonia BENELUX

In the booklet you can read why your help is so important and how together we can care for nature and its inhabitants.

On this page you can read the English translation of the text in the booklet.

A SPRING WHITE ATTACK

A snow-white polar bear prowls around the rugged and icy North Pole. His strong nose leads him in the direction of a large group of seals.

It is high time to replenish its fat reserves. Because soon he will have to go 3 to 4 months without food. His eyes are focused on one seal in the group.

Step by step he comes closer. It is now or never. He presses his paws into the snow to be able to push off properly. Faster and faster he moves through the thick snow...

The group of seals splits apart. He now smells his prey very strongly, the last push he needs!

AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

The biggest threat to the polar bear is climate change. Due to rising temperatures, the sea ice is melting rapidly. At this rate, within one generation, most of the Arctic will be ice-free in summer. Although polar bears are good swimmers, they cannot survive at the North Pole without ice.

WHAT DOES WWF DO?

To safeguard the future of the polar bear, the World Wildlife Fund wants the most important polar bear areas to be given protected status.

We also deploy polar bear patrols and train the local population in how to chase away polar bears to prevent conflicts between polar bears and people.

Greenhouse gas emissions are the main cause of melting sea ice in the Arctic. That is why we are committed worldwide to reducing the use of fossil fuels such as oil and gas.

With your help we can continue!

 

GLOBAL GOALS

WWF has set seven important goals for a world where people and nature live in harmony.

Do you want to know how you can contribute to achieving these goals? Then view our practical tips wwf.nl/tips-voor-jou (Dutch only)

  • 1

    Reduce greenhouse gases by 40 percent

  • 2

    Halve the impact of our food system

  • 3

    Keeping rivers clean and flowing

  • 4

    Stop deforestation

  • 5

    Double down on sustainable fishing

  • 6

    Stop illegal trade in animals and plants

  • 7

    Protect 30 percent of the land and sea

TAKE ACTION

There are fewer and fewer fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles in the world. Their habitat is rapidly being destroyed by agriculture and infrastructure. Hunting and poaching, overfishing, environmental pollution and climate change are also major threats. Polar bears also suffer from this.

Fortunately, there is also good news, because we can reverse this situation within 10 years. But then everyone has to contribute in his or her own way.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

If we take good care of nature together, nature will take good care of us.

Do you want to know what impact your personal lifestyle has on our planet? Or are you curious about what you can do to reduce it? Then go to our website and take action!

wwf.nl/kom-in-actie (Dutch only)

I WISH YOU A BEAUTIFUL WORLD

A world that we can enjoy together for a long time to come. A world that we must fight for together, for nature and preserve the animals.

With this Send a Wish adoption package you can spread this message in a positive way among friends and family.

After unpacking the box, carefully cut out the different postcards on the indicated cutting lines. And you are ready to send beautiful wishes.

 

BE ONE WITH NATURE

If you take good care of nature, you also take good care of yourself.

For us, nature is not opposed to humans, but we are an inseparable part of it. We love plants, animals and people in all their diversity.

We are nature!

The booklet in the WWF adoption package is made of elephant grass. That plant grows in the Netherlands and is very environmentally friendly.

Be one with nature