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October 26, 2007
October 16, 2007
Blog Action Day! (one day late...)
OK - so it's Tuesday and typically I am late! But I just wanted to post something about Blog Action Day anyway...
Seems like it went pretty well with 20,000 bloggers all posting green things! I was particularly interested in the blogs coming out of Africa and the favorites picked here and of course - my friend Brian was blogging his heart out too - this time for Britney Spears no less!
But I was very disappointed to see that only 2 people blogged about the Great Whale Trail! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!??? Grumble... it's the best thing EVER! Thanks to this one Dutch blogger and one Chinese (?? or is it Japanese??) blogger for saving me from a complete tantrum that I would have had - had nobody blogged about the GWT!
Whale Trail TV
October 11, 2007
Whales shouldn't die for research!
I have been working on a very exciting project for Greenpeace for the past 6 months.
Unlike the thousands of humpback whales in the North Atlantic - many of which migrate past Bermuda where I live - the humpbacks from the South Pacific now risk being harpooned by the Japanese whaling fleet this year in the Southern Ocean. The small populations of humpbacks that breed in the waters surrounding several South Pacific islands are also a lot less lucky than their Atlantic relatives since they have hardly recovered at all from commercial whaling.
Greenpeace is now satellite tracking humpback whales from small endangered populations in the South Pacific to their feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean in order to prove that the whaling fleet is a serious threat to these whales. These populations are treasured by Pacific islanders and provide a great source of income for the Pacific whale watching industry. In Tonga for example one humpback whale is estimated to provide over $1 million dollars to the economy through whale watching.
The Great Whale Trail was created by a team of Greenpeace folks and whale scientists that I have coordinated since the beginning and I am so proud this week to see it being beamed around the world! Non lethal research including satellite tagging provides scientists with everything they need to know about the whales - proving that whales don't need to die for research!
You can now follow the Great Whale Trail along with me and find out how you can help make the oceans a safer place for whales and other marine life!
- Sing up to receive regular updates
- Check out the interactive Google map showing the whales' migrations
- Name a whale!
- Support an end to whaling and a global network of marine reserves!
You can watch the first episode of Great Whale Trail TV
- and meet some of the team that I have been working with all this time. They are totally cool!
I hope you will join me on the Great Whale Trail!
Thanks!
Lisa