ATTENTION BAY AREA ROOTS & SHOOTS GROUPS! This Giant Peace Dove Puppet is looking for a new home. If you would like to "adopt" this Peace Dove (and fly it on International Day of Peace this year!!), send an email to rootsandshoots@janegoodall.org. From the current owner: "When my son was much younger, we had an active Roots & Shoots group. He is heading off to college, and we'd like to pass on our Giant Peace Dove, made according to the plans specified by Roots & Shoots. It has "flown" on many special R&S occasions! Is there a group here in the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area that might want it? We are in Oakland, California. Here are photos of the dove unassembled. It is easy to put together with the PVC pipes that we have for it. The "wingspan" is almost 24' and the head is 3' long. So the dove can be held up high and flown easily, with a total of 4 people (one for the head, two for the wings, and one person holding up the tail with no pipe). The wings and tails store inside the hollow head, so storage is pretty compact."

Is your group collecting and recycling used electronics? Visit www.rootsandshoots.org/5000devices to tell us how many devices you've recycled and help us reach our goal of recycling 5000 devices! Also, check out this project by a member of the Roots & Shoots U.S. National Youth Leadership Council who has been working hard to help us reach our goal.

It's the middle of the week! Already thinking about the weekend? Here are some reasons (and ideas) to get outside this weekend from a member of the U.S. National Youth Leadership Council.

Roots & Shootsers in Grand Island, NE have visited the Crane Trust many times but on their recent visit, they learned how bison add to the diversity of the prairie. Read more about GIPS Roots & Shoots and the incredible work they're doing in their community...