Hey monkeys!
Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about the world changing, and that we need to stop making the world worst by doing bad things to the environment, and that we need to HELP the environment to create a sustainable future! This is how we should be living, and it is also the purpose of MiniMonos! They are teaching the future adults of the world how to take care of the environment! I know for SURE MiniMonos has inspired and encouraged me, and a lot of other kids AROUND THE WORLD to take care for the environment.
I take this post as an opportunity to THANK MiniMonos for being created, and for all that it has done! Thank you to AlphaMonkey and MissDawg especially for putting a lot of hard work into MiniMonos, and also to all the other MiniMonos staff members that make MiniMonos possible!
We thank AlphaMonkey, MissDawg, EcoMom, Manx, Viper, Calypso, Bananatastic, BadgerFox, Zinky, Ostrich, Tuck, Weado, and any others that I may have left out!
MiniMonos has been open and worked on since 2009 and has achieved a lot, including 250,000 monkeys! Now that is A LOT!
All of these monkeys has helped in this way, and MissDawg has made this post for the MiniMonos Grown Ups blog, so it may be a bit hard to understand but THIS is what MiniMonos has done for the world, with the help of each and every monkey!
Each of those 250,000 kids has helped change the world. Here's how:
Clean water for kids in India
Every time someone buys a Gold membership or virtual good on MiniMonos, a child in India gets clean water through our partnership with Buy1Give1 and the Bird India charity. Our partnership with renewable power company Meridian Energy also provided a year of clean water for 20 kids! So far MiniMonos kids have helped provide 18,492 days of clean water to children in India.
Adopting Orangutans
We adopted our first orangutan, Monti, to celebrate our first 50 Gold members, and our second, Kesi, when we reached 250. We welcomed Pingky and Neng to the MiniMonos Orangutan Family when we officially launched out of Beta. Our "adoptions" go to support the work of the extraordinary Orangutan Outreach organization.
But that's not all! Two of our extraordinary MiniMonos members, Viper and Calypso were so moved by the plight of the orangutans that they adopted their own orangutans! Last September they adopted Mimi and Momo, seen here. Viper and Calypso have been a part of the MiniMonos community since the beginning, and have shown themselves to be such incredible leaders that they have officially joined the staff!
Contributed to the WWF Tiger Initiative
Just because "MiniMonos" means "Little Monkeys" doesn't mean we only support primates! Another project we got behind was the WWF Tiger Initiative. We partnered with WWF-NZ to sell virtual tiger suits -- and every time a MiniMonos member buys a tiger suit for their online monkey to wear, a donation gets made to the WWF TX2 project to double the wild tiger population by 2022.
MiniMonos EcoMonkeys completing real-world projects
Of all the ways MiniMonos members have made the world a better place, the MiniMonos EcoMonkey program is probably the one we're most proud of -- because it's driven by the kids themselves, making an extraordinary difference, every day, in their own communities.
The recently launched MiniMonos EcoMonkey program supports kids to tackle a real-world environmental project and earn virtual rewards on MiniMonos Island. They publish their ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos, explain why they chose their eco-project, and describe how they feel when they have completed it.
One determined US player, MiniJghRocks, campaigned to have a paper recycling program implemented at his school. Although his principals agreed, the superintendent reversed the decision, saying that similar programs in near-by schools had failed due to lack of support from the students. As MiniJghRocks explained: “Since it costs money to recycle (at least where I live) they decided it wasn’t worth the extra funds to put in something that wouldn’t be used. It makes sense right? Well, we then decided to start a petition, to prove that kids would actually use the recycling system!” The result was over 500 student signatures.
MiniJghRocks also enlisted the help of his math teacher to calculate that the amount of paper his school throws away, translated to 1,540 trees cut down per year. He wrote: “Next, we presented to our superintendent, showing him the facts, signatures, and a bit of the EcoMonkey Blog. He sat listening for a while, and [when] we finished, he, in response, also signed our petition!”
On successful implementation of the recycling program at his school, MiniJghRocks described it as: “Awesome! It’s soooo awesome. I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot and have truly changed the world, even if it’s just a little. I’m very happy. It’s just so cool :D” You can read all about MiniJghRocks' EcoMonkey Project here.
Other MiniMonos players have created eco-projects such as switching to eco-light bulbs, up-cycling old clothes to make toys, planting gardens, making useful items out of recycled materials and cleaning rivers and lakes. In all, 34 kids have completed eco-projects so far!
Our aim with the MiniMonos EcoMonkey program is simple: One million kids taking real-world eco-action as a result of playing on MiniMonos.
That is pretty impressive! All that just from one game for kids!
Now it is your turn monkeys! Comment on this post a thank you to all the MiniMonos staff! You can give a personalized thank you for each staff member, or one in general for MiniMonos overall. After a while I will make sure that the MiniMonos Staff Members read the comments, and I will add some to the post!
Come on monkeys! The MiniMonos staff work so hard on MiniMonos for you, now its your turn to thank them, so be thoughtful about your comments, monkeys. It is the least we can do!
Now Comment Your Thank-you's, and I will add some into the post under here! You can also make thank-you graphics! Come on monkeys! Show MiniMonos how much we care!
Monchocho: I agree with you, Minimonos has done a great job! Not like CP xD THEY'VE BEEN HELPING OUT THERE A LOT! And there game makes lil' kids think outside the box... its pretty cool all they've done! I think many kids who play MM like to recycle cause of all their games and stuff... HEHE! :D
Teddy2Tie: Minimonos is the greatest game with the some of the best people in the world working there! They are just amazing!!!!!
Ggutev: No word can explain how much I love minimonos and the staff so ill make up a new one and the word is ........... besunturumarenkron
Shoelaces: Thank you Minimonos Staff!! You have taught us to care for the Earth and to also help those that are in need. You deserve to be thanked and appreciated for everything you do. So thanks!
MoniMini: My gratitude to MiniMonos is beyond words! I dunno where in the world would I have been without this Banana-Amazing group which is trying it's best to save the environment through to tomorrow's future...we kids........Again a very big THANK YOU to you all!
Bannanarama: Thank You Minimonos Staff You're the Best of Minimonos!!
Grannie Rosie: Watching MM start off in Beta and now reach 250,000 players has been exciting. At each step, the MM team has been thoughtful and caring, taking the time to create an AWESOME VW!!
Thanks everyone at MM for a wonderful place to play and learn!!
PS Special thanks for the fireworks!! HUGS!!
Cade77: I started in alpha when they only had like 5000 monkeys, now they have 250000!! They are the BEST site ever!
Sonic4725: Thank You, MiniMonos! For all that you have done, ever since I joined
since March 2010, it has beena great and fun virtual world that has a
great community, you guys are amazing! A BIG and HUGE Thank You to
MiniMonos! You really are making a difference!
Best Bananas,
MonkeyRock (and all MiniMonos Blast staff)!
