"For Whale's Sake" (by Jackie Hildering) articles can be linked to in the blue bars - Links relating to the theme of the article are found under each blue bar. 

December 07  - Save Our Salmon
- See www.savebcsalmon.ca and please sign the petition.
- Letter to the Prime Minister and your MP http://www.ourfish.ca/en/email-mp  

November 07 - Young Naturalists Watch Whales (by Paige Aoki)

- Young Naturalist Club of British Columbia
- "Helping the Whales"

October 07 - Spilt whales (diesel spill in Robson Bight)

- "After the Spill - Robson Bight".  See the video by Twyla Roscovich of "Calling from the Coast" re. the Bight 6 weeks after the spill
- Save Robson Bight webpage with latest news bulletins
-Action alert on Robson Bight.  E-mail the Fisheries Minister (suggested text provided or you can edit it) and donate to the efforts to conduct an underwater investigation. 
- Living Oceans for video, clippings and fundraising efforts. 
- Updates from OrcaLab.  Includes sound sample they captured of equipment hitting the ocean bottom. 
- Images of the barge and spill
- Brief video regarding the spill 

September 07 - Sixgill shark

COSEWIC report on the threats to the bluntnose sixgill shark 

August 07 - Your Ecological Footprint

On-line ecological footprint calculators:
1.  “Redefining Progress”  - vailable in many languages and provides a comparison of your result for other members of your country.  
2.  Canadian organization  "Ecovoyageurs" 
3.  "Conservation International"
Lesson plan on ecological footprinting
Ecological Footprints from Around the World

July 07 - One Whale - "T2"

Sources:  Ford JKB, Ellis GM; Transients – Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales of BC, Washington State and Southeast Alaska; Hoyt, Erich; Orca: The Whale Called Killer

June 07 - Ode to the Oceans

May  07 - Bad, Bad Batteries

Why battery recycling is important 
Recycling Council of British Columbia
Nanaimo Recycling Exchange
Call2Recycle programme - Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation 
Lesson plan from the Call2Recycle programme, includes everything from the history of batteries to why they should be recycled.
Health impacts of nickel, cadmium,  lead,  mercury and  copper
Reports from the Canadian Household Battery Association 

April 07 - Earth Day

• Earth Day Canada 

• Pledge to live a "One Planet Life" http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/666393111 

• Guide to going green - detailed information about how to reduce your impact on the planet

• http://www.rcbc.bc.ca/resources/AprilTip.htm 

• http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html - History of Earth Day

• http://www.ecoactionteams.ca:80/ - become a member of an Eco-Action team

• http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/home/3335?print=1 - 10 simple ways to make a difference for Earth Day

• http://greenasathistle.com/ - a Canadian reporter's journey to make one positive difference to the environment per day.  Great ideas for making your own changes. 

• Link back to "Helping the Whales"

March 07 - Electronic Waste 

• Information on the ENCORP electronics recycling programme to be in effect on June 1^st in British Columbia.  See "Stewardship Plan"

• E-waste information and solutions from the David Suzuki Foundation

• Composition of a Desktop Personal Computer

• For all your recycling queries:  Recycling Council of BC at 1-800-667-4321

• The repercussions of sending e-waste overseas and to landfills:

• Brochure from North Shore recycling “Recycling Works Fact Sheet – Computers” (Site currently down - April 11, 2007)

• Article “Old PCs Toxic in Landfill Sites”

• The Eco- Logic Program: Using Free and Open Source Software to keep computers out of the landfill

• For PBDE information - link back to "Helping the Whales" and go to points 1 and 3.  Includes a list of companies that have banned PBDEs.

February 07 - Climate Change

• New Scientist's article "Climate Change:  a Guide for the Perplexed" which debunks 26 of the "this isn't climate change" myths. 
•  www.seedsfoundation.ca/otc/ 
• www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/ 
• Greenhouse gas calculator
• FLICK OFF Global Warming. Environmental Defence, with Virgin Mobile Canada, Roots Canada, MuchMusic and the Government of Ontario, is asking Canadians to FLICK OFF global warming.  Find out how to reduce your impact.
• Climate Change 12 things you can do from the North Shore Recycling Program - scroll to "Hot Topics"
• One Less Tonne - The One Less Tonne tool lets you choose among a wide selection of actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This tool counts actions made as far back as 2002, plus new actions you commit to take now. 

January 07 - Living in Paradise

December 06- Killer Whale Adoption Programme

November 06 - Brominated Fire Retardants

• Link back to "Helping the Whales" and go to points 1 and 3.  Includes a list of companies that have banned PBDEs.