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Earth Day at the Zoo 2022

April 23, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join us for Earth Day at the Zoo celebration! Learn all about environmental sustainability and the individual actions you can take to make a difference through onsite experiences, live discussions with local experts, an inside look at the Zoo’s conservation programming, and more.

This year, Earth Day is celebrating its 52nd anniversary and through our virtual and onsite events, you’ll learn about the conservation challenges of different species over the past five decades, and come away with ways you can live more sustainably to help protect our Earth for future generations.

A word from our sponsor who we so appreciate:

Diamond Packaging is proud to celebrate Earth Day by partnering with the Seneca Park Zoo to help kids plant trees and seeds for butterfly gardens.

Now in its eighth year, Diamond’s Earth Day partnership with the Zoo is an ideal way to educate and inspire visitors about conservation. It is also an opportunity for Diamond to discuss its industry-leading sustainability initiatives.

Schedule of Events

Plenty of Onsite Activities to Learn From and Participate In:

  • Recycling activity station hosted by our Earth Day sponsor, Diamond Packaging, and the Zoo Society’s Urban Ecologist Team
  • Sapling & pollinator plant seed station, which  will have 250 blue spruce saplings and 300-500 batches of seeds for guests to plant in biodegradable planters.  
  • Onsite exhibit hosted by Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (FL PRISM) on invasive species monitoring and remediation. 
  • Activities and informative stations from local conservation partners, Zoo Naturalists and Urban Ecologists
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Tentative Animal Demos/Enrichment*

10:30 am – Snake Chat (E.C.O. Center)

11:00 am – Tiger Experience

1:30 pm – Wolf Experience

2:00 pm – Elephant Feeding

* Animal demos/enrichment is always subject to change/cancellation without notice due to to the care and comfort of the animal. We try our best to notify and update when we can, but it is not always possible as things happen at the last minute sometimes!

Other Great Earth Day Resources:

The Canopy Project – For every $1 donated 1 tree is planted!

Snailing at Chittenango Falls (blog)

Water and Where it Goes (blog)

Recycling

Otter Recycling (video)

Learn to How to Compost! (video)

Recycling Guides (Downloadable PDFs):

Mixed Recycling Guide 1

Mixed Recycling Guide 2

Climate Focused

Heat Trapping Metaphor (video)

Responsible Consumerism

Check out these programs and apps they have created to download and use to make sure you are making sustainable choices when you shop!

Seafood Watch

Sustainable Palm Oil

Upcycling

Paper Bag-Basket Project

Planters Project 

Steps Toward Personal Sustainability

Great Lakes Clean-Ups

Take part in a multi-city week of clean ups along the Great Lakes! The Seneca Park Zoo Society and the Buffalo Niagara Waterkeepers are asking for volunteers to take part in or host their own community clean ups during the week of April 22nd to May 6th.

The 2022 City Nature Challenge

Help Rochester compete with cities all around the world to make the most observations of nature, find the most species, and engage the most people over a three-day period!

Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor:

Diamond Packaging logo

Details

Date:
April 23, 2022
Time:
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

At The Zoo
2222 St. Paul Street
Rochester, New York 14621
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Phone
(585) 336-7200