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Seo Taiji doesn’t just rock, he also likes to invest his time into something meaningful. Partnering with the Teddy Bear Museum in Jeju Island, Seo Taiji has initiated an environmental campaign to benefit polar bears. Through this campaign, polar bear dolls will be sold online (clicking on either of the two polar bear pictures will redirect you to the website), as well as offline at the Teddy Bear Museum and at Seo Taiji’s current Mobius tour venues.
All profits will go to Polar Bears International (PBI), a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of polar bears and their habitat through research and education. Here’s an excerpt from their website, regarding the plight of polar bears:
Scientists predict that, if current warming trends continue in the Arctic, two-thirds of the world’s polar bears could disappear by 2050. At the most recent meeting of the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (held in Seattle in 2005), the world’s leading polar bear scientists reported that of the 19 subpopulations of polar bears, five were declining, five were stable, two were increasing, and seven had insufficient data to make a determination. The group reclassified the polar bear as vulnerable on the IUCN World Conservation Union’s “Red List of Threatened Species,” noting that the species could become extinct due to sea ice changes. Individual countries with polar bears have reclassified the species as well.
Citing to concerns about shrinking sea ice habitat, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced on May 14, 2008, that it is listing the polar bear as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act. Russia lists the polar bear as “a species of concern.” In Canada, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has assessed the polar bear as a “species of special concern,” but the government is still in the process of deciding whether to list the polar bear under the Species at Risk Act. The major threat to the polar bear is shrinking sea ice habitat due to climate change. Other threats include pollution, poaching, and industrial disturbances. Hunting could become a threat if populations are not well managed.
Don’t care for polar bears? You have a cold heart. Even if they live in the arctic and they may not directly affect one’s self-involved life, preserving biodiversity is vital to maintaining the stability of our fragile ecosystem. Either way, it’s always nice seeing celebrities using their fame to contribute to a cause that helps the planet and harbors philanthropy.
In addition to that, Seo Taiji’s eighth album will be released on June 25th. Rock on, Seo Taiji~
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ngl I love me some Polar Bears. My favourite polar bear (I totally know he's supposed to be a sheep, but if you squint, he can look like a polar bear to you okay):
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Date: 2009-06-15 08:20 pm (UTC)but that's a sheepI really feel like giving Seo Taiji a big hug for this <3no subject
Date: 2009-06-15 08:39 pm (UTC)the mom looks pissed though lmao
and unrelated but cubs are qt too
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Date: 2009-06-15 08:54 pm (UTC)Some guy in my local zoo leapt into the white tiger enclosure and the people who were there had a fantastic impromptu feeding time show. D: D: :(
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Date: 2009-06-15 09:10 pm (UTC)Ehh our government is stupid, it allows hunters to kill polar bears etc etc and still won't classify them as 'at risk' even though you can clearly tell their numbers are decreasing.
fail Canada, fail.
....HEY TAIJI YOU SHOULD COME TO CANADA ♥
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Date: 2009-06-15 09:49 pm (UTC)power to the paw!
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Date: 2009-06-16 12:13 am (UTC)yay to Seo Taiji! :)
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Date: 2009-06-16 01:26 am (UTC)Will do anything for this rocker. *bows*
...He totally looks like a polar bear...and that's just too freaking adorable.
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