Go Wild for Valentine's Day

This year, skip the candy and cut flowers and show your sweetie you care about conservation. If enjoying the outdoors together is a popular pastime in your relationship, help protect the places you love so much by sponsoring a wild place in your Valentine’s name.

The Sierra Club offers sponsorships starting at $20. letting you choose from ten wild places such as Acadia, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon. Most sponsorships come with a plush version of an animal found in your park of choice (like a wolf or a mountain lion), which you can present to your date as evidence of your good deed in his or her name.

--Sophie Matson