This June, governments and experts from round the world will be coming together in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Rio+20 - the fourth 'Earth Summit'. It's called Rio + 20 because 20 years ago, the first Earth Summit took place, also in Rio. It was a first-of-its-kind event which really got people talking about climate change, conservation and creating a better future for our planet.

What kind of future do you want for our amazing world? We'd love it if you'd draw us a picture of 'The Future I Want'. Think about the plants, animals and people we share our planet with - what kind of future do you want for all of them? Send your entry to us at WWF-UK, Panda House, Weyside Park, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1XR* by 25th June 2012.

Judges will be looking for entries that show creativity and understanding.

We've got three Amazon board games to give away and your entries might appear on our website or in the next issue of the Go Wild magazine (for members only).

See our terms and conditions.

*We can't reply to everything or return stuff you send to us, so please make a copy of any pictures. Don't forget to put your name, age and address on the back if you're sending by post.

Mountain gorillas like Enzi are seriously under threat with only approximately 780 of them left in the wild. Their biggest threat is loss of habitat. Human disease is also a problem for them. Because gorillas are close relatives of ours, they can catch many of the same diseases. Because they haven't had a lot of our diseases before, the first time they are exposed to them, can wipe out a whole population.

Can you help us to raise awareness of the problems faced by mountain gorillas, and how important it is that we take action now to help save them?

Here's a poster about mountain gorillas that you can print off, colour in and add facts to (have a look at our mountain gorilla fact file to research your facts). Once you've decorated your poster, why not ask if you can put it up somewhere in your school, so that all your classmates and teachers can see it? Or maybe you are a brownie or a scout and you could put it up in your brownie or scout hut? If you hold your own fundraising event, the poster could be really helpful too.

You're a Go Wild star - thank you!

The Gold Challenge
The Gold Challenge is an exciting new event, where you can try new sports and fundraise for WWF at the same time. It's a lot of fun and you get to be part of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in your own way.

You can register as an individual, or as part of a team (with just one place). We ask everyone with a WWF place to raise £250 or more. There are a number of challenges to choose from. The Youth and Family Challenge is especially for children aged 7 or over and can include school teams or families. Go to our site to find our more .

One of the biggest threats to a lot of wildlife, including the Bengal tiger, is loss of habitat. This is often from people cutting down trees to use in paper or wood products, or to make way for roads, and clearing areas to use for farming (particularly oil palm plantations in the areas that tigers and orang-utans live in).

You can help stop this by buying only products that are sustainably farmed, or wood and paper products from sustainable forests.

So when you're out shopping with your mum or dad, look for:

• certified paper and wood products (look for the FSC logo to tell if something is certified or not)
  
• products made from certified sustainable palm oil (look for the RSPO logo to be sure that they are certified)
  
• sustainable coffee (it should say on the packaging if it's sustainable)

If your local shops don't stock these products - ask them why!

Polar bears are one of the many threatened species that WWF is working hard to protect. The biggest threat to polar bears is climate change, as it's affecting the Arctic sea ice that many polar bears need in order to hunt for food and raise their young. WWF is helping to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are partly responsible for the melting of the polar bears' sea ice habitat.

Here are some ideas to make your party a success:

• Use our polar bear party invitations to let people know about your party.
• Theme the room where you'll be holding your party with wintery decorations like our paper snowflakes and white or silver balloons.
• Bake some of our cute polar bear cubcakes for your guests.
• Give everybody a pot of white modelling dough to make their own mini-polar bears.
• Run a raffle with prizes. You might like to have a WWF polar bear adoption as a prize!
• Use our explorers' room sign to let everybody know where the toilet is, and our polar bear pot sign to show them where to put their donations.
• Run a polar bear quiz with prizes. Somebody will need to be the quiz master and read out the questions.

Useful information for adults:
Firstly - thank you for thinking about holding a polar bear party! There are just a few things we need to tell you about.

- This should be a private party, not a public function.
- Money should be counted and sent in by an adult.
- Donations should be sent to Go Wild, WWF-UK, FREEPOST (NATN 1921), Godalming, GU7 1BR.
- Please send donations by cheque, as cash may get lost in the post and include your name/s and address.

Many sea creatures eat, or become tangled up in pieces of litter, which can injure or even kill them. Litter can also make our beaches dangerous to people, as well as spoiling their natural beauty.

Doing a beach clean doesn't need to take too much effort or time and it's a fun way to meet new people. There are lots of organisations that organise group beach cleans for you to take part in safely.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) organise the Beachwatch Big Weekend once a year (always the third weekend in September). They also organise cleans of some beaches more often than that.

Go to their website to find out more , and to see what beach cleans are coming up in your local area.

 

 

That's more than any other country in Europe!

Top ten tips to reduce waste

Why don't you do some of these over a week and see how much less rubbish you throw away than normal?

• Take a plastic carrier bag when you go to the shops, instead of picking up a new one.
• Take any clothes, shoes, books or toys you don't want any more to a charity shop.
• Reuse an envelope by covering the old address with a label and sealing it using sticky tape.
• Clean out old food jars and pots to use for storage.
• Cut scrap pieces of A4 paper into quarters, staple them together and use as a notepad.
• Get creative with your rubbish and make a kitchen roll penguin.
• Use a clean, empty plastic water or soft drink bottle as a drink bottle for school.
• Get recycling in the garden and use an empty egg box or a plastic cup or yoghurt pot (with holes punched in the bottom) as a container for seedlings.
• Use empty plastic drink bottles, or yoghurt pots to make a bird feeder or a bird cake.