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Become A Balloon Alert Ambassador!
Balloons are perceived as a celebration of life: The birth of a child, grand openings, birthdays, and well wishes. But for marine animals, balloons may mean death, as do other forms of plastic.
No matter where you live you can help marine life. How? By educating others in your community about the dangers of balloons to marine life. We invite you to become a Balloon Alert Ambassador!
When balloons are released into the air, they can travel hundreds of miles before they pop over a waterway such as a lake, creek, stream, river, or ocean. Once in the water, they resemble food such as jellyfish. Sea turtles are especially vulnerable because their favorite food is jellyfish. Balloons floating in the water, resemble jellyfish and they are mistaken for food. It is impossible for turtles to spit out a balloon or plastic bag if they eat it and it plugs up their stomach and leads to death.
Sing to Save the Whales every year on May 15th
We invite schools, ecology clubs, church groups, organizations and individuals to participate in our annual Sing to Save The Whales Day held each year in May.
Seven years ago Joan Cobb—a songwriter and music teacher—wrote “Save The Whales” for the Save The Whales website. That song inspired worldwide requests for the song and the creation of a CD entitled "Songs to Heal the Planet, Children Singing to Save the Earth" (click here to learn more about this wonderful music CD).
Please sing along with us! We strive to have participation from around the world. We were pleased to have a school from Bremen, Germany, join us a few years ago.
Our mission is to preserve and protect the ocean and its inhabitants.
Save the Whales is a California nonprofit organization that began in 1977, by a mother and daughter team. Maris Sidenstecker II designed a t-shirt at the age of 14. The Maris team volunteered their time, on weekends in local art fairs, and sold t-shirts, and gave out information to help the whales. Forty years later, Save the Whales continues to inspire children, the future of the planet, to know that their actions can promote change. Education is the key to saving whales, oceans, and ourselves.
If you have questions, please contact us!
Make an Orca (Killer Whale) Box
Click below to download the PDF and follow the directions to make a Killer Whale Box.
- Cut out figure below on all outside edges.
- Fold box to the inside along dashed lines.
- The tabs with undersea life go on the inside of the box.
- The orca dorsal fin folds up at the top of box.
- Tape or glue box together at side.
