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BIOC62: Roles of Zoos and Aquariums in Conservation > Lecture 8: Green Initiatives > Flashcards

Lecture 8: Green Initiatives Flashcards

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Conservation

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Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment and of wildlife

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Sustainability

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Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance

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TZNet0 Plan

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  • sustainability plan
  • have a net 0 impact on the environment and wildlife
  • counter the negative impacts through positive impacts
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Environmental Management System Manual

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  • A comprehensive, systematic, planned , and documented system to manage an organization’s environment program
  • includes: organizational structure, planning, training, record keeping, and resources
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GEZT

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  • Green Eco-zoo team
  • The Toronto Zoo’s green team
  • manages and implements the Environmental Management System Manual
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According to the Environmental Management System, what are 8 areas we impact the environment

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  • waste management
  • energy management
  • water management
  • sustainability and purchasing
  • stewardship of the land
  • programs and awareness
  • engagement and innovations
  • chemical management
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Three areas under this process

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  • action
  • science
  • awareness
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Circular economy

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Aim to have nothing end up in the landfill. Circulate products and materials.

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Zero Waste by 2027

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  • Zero waste program for the employees where they are being educated
  • hopes to eliminate waste sent to landfills through reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting
  • aims to achieve this goal by 2027
    -Mainly for the staff since they are easier to reach
  • trying to increase recycling
  • problem: different areas have different recycling programs
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Material Exchange

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  • only 18% of what we recycle goes into the Blue Box Program
  • this program, we provide our waste to others
  • sometimes, we use others’ waste to make resources (Coca Cola barrels for the Polar Bears)
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Ongoing Projects

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  • 14 water bottle filling stations
  • working with vendors to reduce single use plastics and wastes
  • by 2025 - have no plastics in their gift shop or have recyclable plastics
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Plastic Pathway

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  • Area in the zoo where along the different path roads, there are touch points that talk about different elements of plastics
  • guest get to learn about plastic use and the important efforts underway to address plastic pollution
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Elements of the plastic pathway

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  • sustainable design
  • reuse and repurpose
  • collection , sortation, and recycling
  • recycled content and upcycling (asphalt - extending product life cycle)
  • community science and engagement
  • plastics in the environment
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Understanding our waste

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  • Oscar
  • AI technology Bin Sensor Pilot Project
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Net Zero Carbon by 2030

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  • from 1990, decrease in CO2 emissions from the Toronto zoo
  • natural gas is the energy consumer at the zoo because in the past, it was the cheapest
  • with the carbon tax, it won’t be
  • starting to do conversion from natural gas to electric which has lower carbon
  • by 2030, the Zoo wants to have net zero greenhouse gas emission
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Renewable Energy

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  • one way to reduce consumption
  • use renewable energy sources (solar panels)
  • don’t have a large production because it is very expensive
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Energy Efficient technologies

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  • heat pumps (alternate to boiler systems and they are electric and net 0 carbon)
  • installed variable frequency drives that drives electric motors
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Creating energy from manure

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by adding zoo poo to biogas plant, they can create electricity

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Zero carbon transportation by 2030

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  • zoo has 146 cars and majority of them are gas and diesel
  • trying to have vehicles that are low carbon
  • however, covid created a supply chain issue with electronics
  • zoo also has charging stations
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Net Zero Water by 2030

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  • net zero portable water consumption
  • we have never get net 0 water
  • 90% of the decline has been based on behaviours of the staff
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Protecting water resources : Greenhouse

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  • for the greenhouse, it was able to collect water and garderners use it to water plants and excess are use to water plants on other areas
  • technology needed to filter rain water to help clean exhibits
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How do green roofs protect water resources?

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  • green roof captures water run off thus, preventing erosion and flooding
  • there are other benefits
  • plants can increase biodiversity and creates a natural habitat
  • retains energy in the building by acting as an insulation
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How does the hyena’s exhibit help to protect water resources

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  • have a self filtering rain capturing system inside their exhibit
  • don’t need to fill it
  • allow snow and rain to fill it and create a water cascade
  • have filters that filter out negative nutrients and microorganisms
  • this is their drinking source and they can play in it
  • aesthetically pleasing as well
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Cleaning up the water way

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  • water way is where they have a series of ponds that are connected
  • captures 75% of the storm runoff from the Toronto Zoo
  • not a good system as it collects nutrients and contaminants
  • Not a self filtering systems
  • Not safe to use for animals and humans
  • Finding ways of cleaning water way using nature-based systems
  • Also make it aesthically pleasing
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Sustainable purchasing

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  • you are a consumer, you have a choice and a voice
  • every time you purchase something, you are telling something to the manufacturer
  • ex. plam oil
  • need to reduce purchase or purchase products that acquired palm oil sustainably
  • the zoo has messages to the customers to inform them about the issue
  • have shopping guides
  • Apps that tell - problem is it is based on the U.S. so can’t guarantee if Canada has sustainability palm oil
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Problem with palm oil

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  • cheap and easy source of oil that are found in everything that you buy - food and personal care products
  • produced in monoculture rainforest which are being cut down
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Stewardship of land

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have a target to restore over 200 acres of land whether that be at the zoo or off site of the zoo

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How is the zoo trying to achieve stewardship of land

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  • invasive species management plan
  • network of nature community program
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invasive species management plan

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  • Mapped out every location and every invasive species and plant species
  • Looks at the impact they have in terms of our agriculture and spread
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Network of nature community program

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high density planting in urban centres to increase biodiversity

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Putting words into Action

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  • sustainable events guide for all the staffs
  • bullfrogpowered renewable energy source for various events
  • education programs for the staff (ex. national waste reduction week)
  • rainbarrel sale
  • polar dip
  • reusing and repurposing workshop
  • Phone apes
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Rain barrel sales

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to try and make people catch rain water at home and raise issue of rain water

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polar dip

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people can come do a polar dip and learn about the issue of climate change on the artic environment

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Workshop for reusing and repurposing

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Turned old tires into swings

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Phone Apes

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  • Cell phone recycling program called Phone Apes
  • Coltan is found in every electronic
  • Mined in the rainforest of South America but mainly in Africa
  • That is the prime habitat for Gorillas
  • Open pit mine - brings a lot of toxins to the surface, clear cutting
  • Contaminated sites from the mines - don’t clean up
  • Also use child labour in these mines
  • Don’t need to continue mining for it, if we recycle our electronics properly

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