To all of you who like a sexy girl on the wall, you can now get through 2007 with exactly that. Whale Nation’s annual calendar shows gorgeous models and not so beautiful topics every month. It is designed to raise awareness as to what is happening with the oceans: oil pollution, whale hunting, litter or habitat destruction to only mention a few. On their web site, each issue is linked to a brief synopsis of the problem and individual fact sheets that can be printed off or passed on to others. The middle photo above for example illustrates the problem of plastic waste. It quotes Mahatma Gandhi ‘You must be the change you wish to see in the world’ and the sad fact that ‘around 100,000 marine mammals and 1,000,000 sea birds die each year of plastic entanglement or ingestion.’
The calendar has been produced by volunteers, photographers and models free of charge and all profits are going to WhaleFund. It’s £15, available here. Now, how about a bit more equilibrium for 2008 with some sexy male models for us hungry-eyed females and gay men alike? ::Whale Nation Thanks Panos for the tip!