There are many ways we can bring our world into better ecological balance.
Reducing pollution of all kinds, eliminating use of harmful chemicals in the home or garden, and supporting conservation groups working to save our water and wildlife habitats are highly impactful examples.
It’s been an exciting week and we have updates for you that stretch from sea to shining sea.
First up is a progress report on our project based in a residential neighborhood of Boston, where residents are coming together and using our fertility-control technology to humanely reduce the local rat population.
Then it’s off to Sacramento, where we saw a legislative victory this week as the state banned another class of rodenticides from use. This is great news for California’s residents, visitors, and wildlife.
One of the greatest assets that a nonprofit can have is a strong and talented Board of Directors. In addition to providing oversight and transparency, they are the advocates of our mission and bring their expertise to the table to further our goals.
It’s a matter of having the right people at the right time, which is why we are pleased to introduce the three individuals who are joining Dr. Cheryl Dyer and myself to form WISDOM Good Works’ board – Bob Ramsey, Susan “Sam” Buchenau, and David Dilley.
Each brings a unique perspective to our purpose of restoring ecological balance in a safe, innovative, and humane way.
Drs. Loretta Mayer and Cheryl Dyer are the co-founders of WISDOM (Women in Science Doing Outreach and Mentoring) Good Works, a nonprofit promoting an organic and open-sourced fertility technology to provide an alternative to poison to control animal overpopulation in areas as diverse as the Galapagos Islands, zoos and animal shelters, and residential areas.
A reader recently asked us about the impact of our fertility-control technology on unintended targets, such as predators that eat rodents that consume our pellets. It’s a great question, and Loretta has the answer here…
Our mission at WISDOM Good Works is not only to research, implement, and promote fertility-control technology as a non-lethal alternative for animal population control, but also to be an advocate for reducing the use of poison in our ecosystem. Which is why we are so proud that our organization is one of 73 conservation and animal welfare groups supporting AB1322.
Dr. Loretta Mayer recently returned to her alma mater, Northern Arizona University, to host a seminar for the Biological Sciences Department on our work in the Galapagos Islands. In addition to discussing emerging technologies with colleagues and students, that’s only half the story. The other half is spreading the word to the next generation of scientists about why we do what we do: to answer the dire need for alternatives to poison when addressing the problem of animal overpopulation. Learn more about Dr. Mayer’s presentation…
We absolutely love presenting our work to students. Whether it’s giving a college seminar on the need for humane wildlife population control or coming up with a hands-on project for middle schoolers, there is nothing like talking about science in the classroom. So when Sinagua Middle School wanted us to chat with woodshop students, we had a project for them to tackle: Build us a better mouse box…
WISDOM Good Works has made a lot of progress in testing the viability of our fertility-control technology to give local farmers a safe alternative to poison in controlling the rat population that endangers vital crops and endemic species on the archipelago. In this video, Project Manager Martha Ellis details the work done during our team’s first visit…
Over the course of 10 days, our two-year project got a major jumpstart with the WISDOM team’s first trip to Isabela Island to meet with local officials, farmers and residents on this Galapagos island…