Advocating for Change: A Letter to Our Team
To Our Species360 Team, Our Members, and Our Community:
Amazing New Zealand members – What’s a wētāpunga?
Across the globe to New Zealand Kia ora! You see and hear this expression all over New Zealand - it literally means "Hello! Be well and healthy!" As we might say "spring is in the air!" Attending a spring conference…
Amazing members part 2 – orangutans, gorillas and the golden lion tamarin
On the road again As I am in the midst of my 2018 spring travel to for Species360 Board of Trustees meeting, and to attend conferences for both EAZA and ZAA (Australasia), I realize I still have a few Species360…
Amazing members part 1 – cranes and pangolins
Species360 members we met on the way to ZACC 2018 In January my wife and I took a road trip from Saint Paul, Minnesota to Jacksonville Florida to join the biannual conference of Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation. Julie…
Announcing 2018 officers for Species360 Board
The Species360 Board of Trustees is comprised of more than 20 zoo and aquarium volunteer representatives from our worldwide member institutions, including association trustees from WAZA, AZA, EAZA, ZAA (Australasia), CZA, JAZA, and PAAZA. Institutional trustees also represent SEAZA and…
We’re hiring! Build software that makes a difference
Do you love your day job? I spent most of my early career in retail IT. It was a great learning experience and I met and learned from some great people. We did some cool stuff, built some awesome systems…
An exciting Year of the Rooster (2017)
2016: what a year! Our organization launched our new brand (Species360: Global information serving conservation); made great progress in developing our new ZIMS for Studbooks module; released enhancements to our ZIMS for Husbandry and ZIMS for Medical modules; and intensified…
Sea Level Rising, Coral Bleaching, Fisheries Collapsing… Where to start?
I recently returned from the International Aquarium Congress (IAC), hosted by the amazing team at the Vancouver Aquarium in British Colombia, Canada. The congress highlighted eye opening presentations, inspiring individuals, impressive new projects, and impactful research. That said, the congress…