Zoo and Aquarium Groups
Working with zoos and aquariums
to connect people with the natural world…
With the pressures of climate change, habitat degradation and biodiversity loss weighing upon us, Earthwatch knows how crucial it is to get people of all ages and backgrounds involved in saving our planet.
Like many zoos and aquariums, we work to connect people intimately with animals and habitats – to make the need to aid and conserve species personal. We aim to make conservation science and research real, for real people.
By partnering with Earthwatch, zoos and aquariums can take their dedication to this type of connection to the next level, leading the movement toward environmental awareness and action.
Here are just some of the ways we can help
your organization get to the next level:
Exclusive Earthwatch teams just for zoo or aquarium staff: By working with Earthwatch to create an all-zookeeper or all-aquarist team, you can offer your staff a unique professional development opportunity – a chance to study animals in their native habitats while sharing experiences and ideas with their peers. When they return to work after their expedition, your staff will be better motivated and equipped to speak on the environmental issues impacting the animals under their care. By sharing personal stories of the connections they’ve made, they’ll be able to educate more people in a more intimate way – making conservation science real.
Customized groups for your zoo or aquarium volunteers: Your volunteers provide invaluable support to your organization – show your appreciation by sending them on an Earthwatch expedition. With a range of available expeditions for both adults and teens, we can work to match your schedule and can help to expand your volunteers’ connection with the Animal Kingdom. You can even choose to enhance their experience by sending along one of your curators as well.
Offer your zoo or aquarium supporters the chance to participate on an Earthwatch expedition: Like Earthwatch, many zoos and aquariums depend on the support of a network of people committed to animals, habitats, and the environment. Offer your docents, high-level donors and constituents the opportunity to connect with your animals on a more intimate level by actively helping to save them in the wild.
We’re already connecting with zoos and
aquariums across the country…
- To promote the opening of the San Francisco Zoo’s Madagascar exhibit, we worked with the zoo to send a group of their high-level donors and members on our Madagascar’s Lemurs expedition.
- This summer the LA Zoo will send a group of their teen volunteers along with four zookeepers on an Earthwatch expedition to study carnivores in Brazil.
Earthwatch: connecting people with the environment for more than 35 years…
Founded in 1971, Earthwatch sends volunteer research assistants out into the field to help leading scientists with hands-on environmental research and conservation projects. In 2008 we will support 130 projects in more than 40 countries and 20 US states.
For more information on the exciting opportunities we have available to zoos and aquariums, send an email to Amanda D’Aiuto, Group Sales Manager, at groups@earthtwatch.org, or call 1-800-776-0188, extension 250.