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Petfinder - 12 Million Adoptions since 1995

The temporary home of nearly 250,000 adoptable pets, from cats and dogs to sheep and potbellied pigs. When you're looking for a best friend, look no further than Petfinder.com.

Before heading to the pet store or breeder, head to Petfinder.com and discover hundreds of thousands of loving animals who need your help finding a good home. Why should you adopt? Well, for one, many Petfinder pets have no adoption fee, or one that costs much less than buying the animal from a breeder or store. Then there's always the lifetime of unconditional love and appreciation that can only come from a rescued pet (and who can resist that?). Not to mention the great feeling you get knowing you gave a caring dog/cat/bird/ferret/degu/snake/whomever a second chance at life. Aw.

But Petfinder.com isn't only for locating adoptable pets. You can also check out helpful cat and dog training videos, get animal care sheets, tips and tricks, post free pet classified ads, submit and view videos and talk with other animal lovers in the Petfinder forums.

Since the site was founded in 1995, Petfinder.com has facilitated over 12 million adoptions. But there are many more animals out there looking for a loving home - and they're looking to you!

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TerraPass - Everyone contributes to global warming

Everyone contributes to global warming. Find out how you can reduce and balance your impact.

If you drive a car, use a dishwasher or even just flick the lights on when you get home, you're building up a "carbon footprint" (a measure of your carbon dioxide effect on the environment), a pretty big factor in the cause of global warming. But most people aren't in a position to stop using these carbon-emitting items. And TerraPass.com says that's OK.

So what can you do to make a difference? Well, to start, there are a lot of small things that can reduce your impact. Check out the conservation tips on TerraPass and see how things like lowering the temperature on your dishwasher, following the speed limit and unplugging electronics when they're not turned on could lower your emissions. The site also has a section of recommended green products (and provides the links to buy them), from low-flow shower heads to solar-powered cell phone chargers to energy-saving power strips.

But to fully balance your impact, you can purchase "carbon offsets" through the site, as well, which support clean energy and other projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. First TerraPass will calculate your footprint based on your driving, flying and home energy use habits, determining the amount of carbon dioxide you contribute per year. Then, you can choose to purchase a TerraPass. Your money goes to help fund things like wind farms, landfill gas capture and farm power - of course, you can read all about the projects TerraPass sponsors on the site.

You don't have to sell all of your belongings and live off the land to reduce your carbon footprint - just check out TerraPass.com and get in balance. Visit TerraPass