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Play games, protect whales

Play games, protect whales

For a short period of time, up until October 29th (11AM Pacific) gamers have the chance to access the Humble Bundle Weekly Bundle:Games Workshop in exchange for a donation to WDC. Humble Bundle sells digital content through its pay-what you want bundle promotions and the Humble store.  Gamers can access certain bundles of games in…

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How can playing computer games help whales and dolphins?

Humble Bundle, the digital games online store, has announced their “Choose your own charity” feature which means you can support WDC through Humble Store purchases as well as Humble Bundles. Now you can get your games and weekly deals in the Humble Store and help protect whales and dolphins at the same time.  For a…

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Right Whales: A Love Story- Collaborating to save a species

Before we jump into this episode, we want to extend a huge thank you to all who added their voice to the critical habitat campaign! We submitted over 2,000 signatures to NOAA Fisheries, and are hopeful that NOAA will make the right decision and expand the North Atlantic right whale critical habitat to include the…

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Right Whales: A Love Story- Nice to See You Again

A Right Whale Returns to Cape Cod Bay Four Years After  Disentanglement By Lisa Sette  Just before noon on February 12, 2015, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) aerial team sighted  right whale “Chiminea (NEAq #4040)” inside Cape Cod Bay feeding just below the surface within a group of right whales.   Although it is not…

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Right Whales: A Love Story- Shackleton and Legato

By Ashley Schaffert   Whales have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Buffalo, you wonder how a small child would be so obsessed with these giants, without ever seeing them or living near them. That is the beauty of these animals; they captivate people…

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Right Whales: A Love Story- The Right Way to Save the Right Whale

Changing policies to help protect North Atlantic right whales is not just something that is important to WDC; we have been collaborating and joining forces with other conservation organizations to make a real impact for this critically endangered species.   This week’s Love Story episode comes from Sharon Young, the Marine Issues Field Director for the Human…

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Right Whales: A Love Story- The Calvin Project

Calvin is not an acronym, Calvin is the name of a female North Atlantic right whale that was born in 1992.  Five of my 2003-4 students were born in that same year.  As seventh and eighth graders they were curious, energetic and idealistic.  They wanted to do something to help things get better in the…

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