Team Maui is working on the buoy and is making progress. Avery helped Dan open up the electronics chamber to begin testing.
The Captains Log
For a Healthy Planet
Paypal button is working again!
We finally solved the internal problem on our website we had with the link to Paypal. The button is working again and you can easily use it to support our project. We are sorry for all the inconvenience we've caused! More and more whales are migrating to the waters around Maui and we at The Whalesong Project are working hard to get this upcoming whale season financed to bring you live whale songs. But we do need your help! Please go to 'You can help' - every contribution will bring our buoy closer to the launch. Mahalo nui or thank you so much in advance!
Great holiday gift plus support for The Whalesong Project
Make someone beloved happy with a wonderful and meaningful gift. Grace Mantle Studios offers this limited edition signed fine art print on archival paper and $25 per sale will be for The Whalesong project. We do appreciate this help very much and encourage you to visit the online shop.
Artist Grace Mantle about her experience during the creation of this wonderful piece of art : "I was living in east Maui when I painted it, and during the time I was meditating and working on the image, the whales would appear in dramatic ways!
Whales are being reported all around Maui now
We have heard reports now of sitings off of Kipahulu, Lahaina, Maʻalaea, Hoʻokipa and Hana. Itʻs always an exciting time here on Maui when the Koholā return.
Thank you again to Michael Nolan for allowing us to use this beautiful photo of a mother and calf.
And big big thanks to Markus and Carsten with Whalesong Germany for bringing this new website online for us. It is just being launched, so we appreciate your patience while all of the new features become active over the next few weeks.
Gulf oil spill and Whales
There has been a lot of speculation about the impact of the the oil spill on whales and dolphins. This story says NOAA is investigating the death of a Sperm Whale near the accident. In Hawaiian, the Sperm Whale is called Palaoa. The Palaoa are considered a form of Kanaloa, the God of the Ocean. They were hunted to near extinction, and are still an endangered species. Lets hope the problems in the gulf are solved soon, and that some wisdom is developed that will help turn the tide in favor of healthy oceans.
Acknowledging the Loss of a Key Whalesong Founder
Itʻs my painful duty to announce the passing of our Founding Board President Ed Bigelow last week. He will be sorely missed by all who had the good fortune to know him.
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Ed and and I designed elements of our first Whalesong Project buoy on a napkin at Borders Coffee Shop in Kahului back in 2000. He was a guiding light for our fledgling organization as we became a "legitimate" 501C3 corporation. He was a gracious, intelligent, inspiring and good humored facilitator of our Board Meetings for the eight or so years we have been incorporated, until he resigned last year due to health concerns.
Ed had a big heart and an incredibly intelligent mind. His interests and professional credentials were diverse, including science, economics, solar and alternate energy design and production, photography, art and music.
I met Ed through our mutual love of Hawaiian music, through our Kumu (teacher) and friend George Kahumoku, also a Whalesong Project Founding Board Member.
Ed was introduced to Hawaiʻi by his incredible wife Helen. Their mutual love of Hawaiʻi and Hawaiian Culture has had them contributing in many ways to keeping the culture alive in the world, and in bettering the community around them.
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