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    Origami Endangered Animals Ebook: Paper Models of Threatened Wildlife [Includes Instruction Book with Conservation Notes, Printable Origami Paper, FREE Online Video!]
    Origami Endangered Animals Ebook: Paper Models of Threatened Wildlife [Includes Instruction Book with Conservation Notes, Printable Origami Paper, FREE Online Video!]
    Origami Endangered Animals Ebook: Paper Models of Threatened Wildlife [Includes Instruction Book with Conservation Notes, Printable Origami Paper, FREE Online Video!]
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    Origami Endangered Animals Ebook: Paper Models of Threatened Wildlife [Includes Instruction Book with Conservation Notes, Printable Origami Paper, FREE Online Video!]

    By Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander

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    "This kit provides hands-on and minds-on experiences with a dozen threatened animals from land and sea. It includes ecological notes about each animal and how to become involved with protecting them. Another sure hit from the masterful team of LaFosse and Alexander! --George D. Buckley, Co-founder of the Sustainability and Environmental Management Program, Harvard University Extension School"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTuttle Publishing
    Release dateMay 14, 2019
    ISBN9781462920747
    Origami Endangered Animals Ebook: Paper Models of Threatened Wildlife [Includes Instruction Book with Conservation Notes, Printable Origami Paper, FREE Online Video!]

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      Origami Endangered Animals Ebook - Michael G. LaFosse

      Introduction

      Imagine the poverty of a world tragically robbed of its magnificent wild creatures. The subjects of this book are under great stress, mostly because we humans have changed the wild habitats that are so critically important to their health. These threatened or endangered creatures are just a few examples of thousands of imperiled species.

      How did so many wild species become threatened or endangered? With the exception of isolated natural events, the actions of nearly eight billion people control the state of wildlife habitats, and the fate of life on Earth.

      To care for our own species, we have transformed wild habitats by burning down natural vegetation for farming, lumber, and mining, or to build new homes, roads, airports, schools, stores, and factories. We’ve produced floating commercial fishing factories that have decimated ocean wildlife. Our suburbs and cities create water pollution that is also stressing the planet’s oceans and reefs to the point where wild-caught fish are now relatively rare and expensive in many parts of the world. These actions displace the wild creatures, great and small, with whom we’ve coexisted for time immemorial.

      Like it or not, human beings are animals too. When wild creatures are threatened or endangered, humans may not be far behind, due to vulnerabilities in the complex and interlinked natural systems that support life on Earth. Our drastic reconstruction of the face of the Earth is at best a risky experiment that has not yet stood the test of time.

      Hope for the future is in our hands

      We don’t have all the answers about the value of the ecological niche occupied by each organism, and so we owe it to posterity to try to understand, respect, and preserve other life forms while we continue to learn about them. People who understand this are working hard to make a difference. Some of them cooperate to purchase important tracts of wild lands. Some people work within governments and organizations to provide alternative jobs for people currently engaged in killing or harming wildlife. Still others provide educational opportunities for studying creatures and their habitats, visiting schools, supporting zoos and wildlife parks, producing educational nature films, or making other works of public art that showcase problems and present solutions.

      Success will take awareness, involvement, time, and money. This collection of origami is our way to help raise awareness. We chose to represent these animals because they are each iconic and magnificent in their own way. The loss of any of them would be unthinkable. We ask you to help spread awareness by sharing these designs with others who might also enjoy learning more about endangered wildlife through paper folding.

      How can you get involved?

      Each of us has a part to play in wildlife conservation. Learn all you can about endangered animals and the challenges they face. Conscientiously recycle and reduce the amount of waste you produce. Reduce or eliminate the amount of animal-based products you consume. Support legislation that protects endangered animals. Attend events to learn and lend your voice. Donate time and resources to groups that support wildlife conservation. Here are a few of the many organizations supporting conservation efforts, whose websites were the sources for most of the information in this book:

      •Defenders of Wildlife ( defenders.org )

      •Marine Conservation Institute ( marine-conservation.org )

      •National Audubon Society ( audubon.org )

      •The Nature Conservancy ( nature.org )

      •The Sierra Club ( sierraclub.org )

      •Wildlife Conservation Society ( wcs.org )

      •World Wildlife Fund ( worldwildlife.org )

      Selected Origami Techniques

      Squash Fold

      Two or more layers of paper are separated to open a pocket which is then flattened. Most squash folds are symmetrical.

      Inside-Reverse Fold

      A section of a mountain-folded edge is reversed to become a valley fold. The layers of the folded section travel INside the shape.

      Outside-Reverse Fold

      A section of a mountain-folded edge is reversed to become a valley fold. The layers

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