Help Shop Sir Bean support sloth conservation!
When you shop at Shop Sir Bean, a part of your purchase goes to a donation fund for a different sloth conservation group, rescue center, or sloth conservation project.
This winter season, Shop Sir Bean will raise money for
The Urban Sloth Project at
The Sloth Conservation Foundation
5-7% of all shop profits from Shop Sir Bean between November 23rd 2024 and March 21st 2025 will be donated to The Sloth Conservation Foundation's urban sloth project.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A PARTNERSHIP. SIR BEAN THE SLOTH HAS NO CURRENT AFFILIATION WITH THE SLOTH INSTITUTE. SIR BEAN IS RAISING MONEY FOR TSI SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO HELPING SLOTH CONSERVATION!
What is The Sloth Conservation Foundation?
The Sloth Conservation Foundation (SloCo) is a sloth conservation research center based in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Their work focuses around their main mission "to protect and preserve sloths in the wild."
Started by seasoned sloth researcher Rebecca Cliffe, the sloth conservation foundation focuses specifically on getting to the root of issues sloth face in the wild and urban spaces and develop long-term, sustainable solutions to help sloths thrive in the wild. By using this "forward-thinking," preventative strategy in sloth conservation, SloCo aims to find ways for sloths and humans to live in harmony.
Learn more about SloCo's mission HERE
What is the Urban Sloth Project?
"a sloth trying to navigate an increasingly urbanized world, Photo was taken in the South Caribbean of Costa Rica" [Source: "Urban Sloth Project: the impacts of habitat disturbance" - SloCo]
The Urban Sloth Project is long-term study into how the fast-paced expansion of human cities and towns affect wildlife in the surrounding rainforest, especially wild sloths. SloCo follows specific sloths in urban areas for periods of time collecting all information on how urban environments affect their behaviors and biology. Through extensive research, SloCo can locate the biggest threats to sloths in urban spaces and help create solutions to lessen the threat.
Through this project, SloCo has also been able to locate where connectivity is needed most between patches of rainforest (habitat fragmentation) to help sloths travel safely between the different areas–and they build sloth crossings (long rope bridges for arboreal animals to walk across) in these spaces. ("Urban Sloth Project: the impacts of habitat disturbance" - SloCo)
Learn more about the Urban Sloth Project HERE
Links to Learn more:
Learn more about The Sloth Conservation Foundation:
https://slothconservation.org/
Donate Directly to SloCo's Urban Sloth Project
https://slothconservation.org/sloth-science-research/
Learn more about sloths with SloCo's Sloth-O-Pedia!
https://slothconservation.org/sloth-o-pedia/
Follow The Sloth Conservation Foundation on Instagram!
https://www.instagram.com/slothconservation
Follow The Sloth Conservation Foundation on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/SlothConservation/
Follow The Sloth Conservation Foundation on Tik Tok!
https://www.tiktok.com/@slothconservation?lang=en
Follow The Sloth Conservation Foundation on Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZSoI072uc-gQTxFTowkGvQ