FAQs
Hi all. We apologize for not being able to respond personally to the thousands of messages we are receiving. We’re two scientists (with a kid stuck at home) and are struggling to keep up with this venture on top of our workloads doing science and running a nonprofit. Thanks for your patience. If you see someone asking a question you can answer, please do! We’re all trying to get through this mess together.
Here are the most frequently asked questions:
1. What time is it where you are? Here is a great tool to find out your local time at 11 am Pacific https://www.timeanddate.com Or google “Current time in Seattle” to see the time difference between your home and Seattle. (Yes, that is a typo in the graphic. It should say PDT, not PST, because we’re in Daylight Savings Time. But you can still type Seattle into Google or timeanddate.com to find out the corresponding time in your time zone.)
2. Where can I see the first two videos? They should be on a videos tab on our Facebook page. (Most people are seeing it on the left in their computers but we’re not sure about the app.) We’re trying to copy these videos to our website (or YouTube) for families and teachers who don’t use social media. Thanks for your patience.
3. Can we add subtitles or translations? We’d love to! We don’t know how. We’re trying to copy the videos to our webpage. When we do, we’ll make them downloadable in case anyone wants to translate or add captions. Please know we’re volunteering as much and as fast as we can.
4. How can I help? First, you already are helping by spreading the word about Oceans Initiative’s work. Many of the foundations and individual donors who support our conservation nonprofit measure impact by the size of our audience. It’s a measure (albeit an imperfect one) of our reach. Like, comment, share, and invite friends to join us.
For those asking, here is the best way to make a tax-deductible, charitable gift in Canada or USA. Those donations go directly to our nonprofit’s conservation mission. But please know that there is no charge to join these events, and there is no pressure to give. We understand first hand that families have been hit hard by this challenge. We’ll keep up these events as long as there is need, interest, and capacity.
Thank you for your support. We love seeing your kids’ photos and drawings. Thanks for joining us. Please stay safe and healthy.
Thank you! You rock!!!!
Can’t wait for my eight-year-old son to get on board with this!
Thank you so much for the incredible work you do every day to help our planet!
Is there a way to access the Instagram via laptop than the phone app?
This has been wonderful for my autistic grandsons. We live near Sanibel Island in FL but the beaches are closed. They’ve really missed seeing dolphins and manatees. This camp has really helped when they need something calming. Thank you so much.
My daughter is 11 and has always loved marine animals! She did her entire science fair on all the aspects of the marine biome. She is so looking forward to tomorrow’s session and will be hanging on your every word! We still need to keep our kid’s brains moving!
Bye y’all,
Fans from Tennessee
This is a wonderful idea and thank you for your hard work to conserve the beauty of the northwest waters.
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Anything for teens? He took the first part of Marine Science in high school.
My 7-year old son’s eyes almost popped out of his head when I told him about your awesome classes. He is very inquisitive and is looking forward the most to you “Shark week”… Boys. 😀
He actually has a question he would like to post beforehand and even though I have read that you take questions in advance, I have not seen how to do that. Is there a specific page/post/forum where you are collecting questions for upcoming shows?
Thanks in advance and THANK YOU for doing this!
Thank you for sharing! I’m so excited to check this out.
Thank you for doing this. I have an extremely excited 11 year old that is planning on watching today!
How can I volunteer?
Great question, Alex. Are you offering to volunteer on these videos? Send an email to team @ oceansinitiative . org and we’ll talk. As a nonprofit, we tend not to take on unpaid interns who are trying to get their foot in the door in our field, because they contribute to the lack of diversity in marine conservation (https://www.deepseanews.com/2013/01/a-field-guide-to-privilege-in-marine-science-some-reasons-why-we-lack-diversity/). We love our team, and believe that professional marine scientists deserve to be paid for their work. We do make an exception for people with established careers who want to volunteer with things in their area of expertise. We’ve hosted volunteer photographers and would welcome help from professional graphic designers, bookkeepers, etc. Make sense?
I’m so excited for this. Thank you so much for doing this! We will for sure be tuning in this week, and we’ll hunt down last week’s videos. My 12 year old has said consistently for the past 6 years that she’s going to be a marine biologist. She is going to love this! Thanks for sharing your time and talents! Sincerely, fans from Idaho
We set up a page with the old videos on it. Let us know if that’s easier to find than Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or Vimeo. So many platforms for a small nonprofit to maintain! We plan to add Episode 3 to that site later today.
Would it be appropriate for six and seven year old children?
We think it is, Maura. Our daughter turns six soon, and we had her in mind when we set this up.