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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Are our children learning enough about Whales?


In The Know: Are Our Children Learning Enough About Whales?
Posted by Dan Ka'ili Sythe at 6:39 PM
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Whalesong Benefit Concert March 19 2010, with David Rothenberg, Keaolani and Mark Takaha

Whalesong Benefit Concert March 19 2010, with David Rothenberg, Keaolani and Mark Takaha
Thanks to all of you who volunteered or attended

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Celebration of the Arts 2010, Ritz Carlton Kapalua, April 2,3,4

Celebration of the Arts 2010, Ritz Carlton Kapalua, April 2,3,4
Thank you to Clifford Naeʻole for inviting us to share our project with the community for Nine Years

Whalesong Iphone Application Now Available for $2.99!!!

Whalesong Iphone Application Now Available for $2.99!!!
Link directly to Hōkūmoanalani and Listen Live!!!

Hokumoanalani - Heavenly Ocean Star

Hokumoanalani - Heavenly Ocean Star
She connects the Ocean Songs to the our website at www.whalesong.net

For a Healthy Planet

We at The Whalesong Project are dedicated to inspiring stewardship of the ocean world. The world's ocean's are a resource we all share. Healthy oceans are both a reflection of what is happening on the land, and also a necessary ingredient for healthy life on land. This project began around an underwater microphone we put in the ocean and linked to the worldwide web. For the first time, people on land could hear the mysterious and beautiful songs of Hawai'i's Whales. We gave a microphone to the voice of a species that was recently brought to the brink of extinction. Our projects are growing, and they are all based on acts of love that we hope will inspire people to take care of our planet, so it will be enjoyable for future generations.

Listen to the Whales Live

Listen to the Whales Live
Photo by Angela Neuman

Launching the Buoy 2009

Launching the Buoy 2009
Photo album by Anna Kim

Mother and Baby Kohola

Mother and Baby Kohola
They give birth in Maui's warm coastal waters

Whalesong founding board member Aunty Nona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Beamer

Whalesong founding board member Aunty Nona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Beamer
1923 - 2008

Welcome to an Ocean of Sound

It's amazing to us to experience the oceans coming alive with the songs of the Kohola, Hawai'i's "Humpback" Whales each Winter. We hope you also are enlivened and awakened by this experience.

Click here to go to our website and hear this season's songs.

Click here to go directly to our hydrophone and skip the webpage.

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This underwater acoustic world is part of our heritage, an important and vital part of life on this planet. Thinking about it, I guess most of us haven't experienced it. From a science perspective, it's fascinating to ponder the physics of sound...why it travels more efficiently through water than through air...why it can travel such long distances. From the perspective of a musician, I find these songs to express many emotions with complete freedom. From the perspective a human being who appreciates life on this planet, I find it nourishing and enriching to to listen to the voices of these mysterious voices connected to some of the largest creatures on earth (and largest brains). What are they expressing? What do they know that we don't? What are their challenges to survive on this changing planet? How can we protect the oceans as changing climate and national security issues penetrate their world. We hope you will ask yourselves some of these questions, and find your own answers as you listen. Aloha, Dan

From the Founder

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Dan Ka'ili Sythe
Maui, Hawai'i, United States
I am Founder and Executive Director of The Whalesong Project. We seek to inspire people to care about the world's oceans, and to act to protect them. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to work with so many bright people who contribute to our project, and to hear from people, near and far away, who are touched by the work we do. Thanks for visiting our site. If you are touched by it, please share it with others. The picture of me was taken while I was pointing our 2.4 GHz dish antenna out to our buoy to establish first contact for our 2007-2008 whale season. We Whalesong People are an eclectic group with diverse skills and talents. We are not very political on our website. We work to create awareness and appreciation. We also work quietly behind the scenes, with aloha, to keep our oceans healthy. My Hawaiian name was given to me by Auntie Nona Beamer, and acknowledges my connection to the oceans and to her family. Nona is a close friend and mentor, and was also a founding Board Member of The Whalesong Project. Mahalo, e Nona. I feel that to live in Hawai'i I need to support the environment and the culture. Whalesong is one project in which I attempt to do both.
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