Each year that goes by, the gap between doing the right thing for the environment and doing the right thing for the operating budget is getting smaller. We are happy to be a part of the movement, raising the awareness level with our visitors, our community, and our colleagues like yourself, as we further our commitment to green.
The Cincinnati Zoo is the leading conservation-based organization in the City of Cincinnati. In 2008, we made a formal commitment to “aggressively and passionately pursue environmental stewardship and our Go Green Initiative that includes: energy efficiency, water usage, storm water management, waste management, sustainable design and construction, and education outreach.” It is our mission and our duty, to teach and inspire the more than one million visitors that walk through our gates each year. By showing our visitors and other organizations what we are doing, how we are doing it, and why we are doing it, we can empower them to take similar action in their homes, their schools, and their places of work.
Join us on April 28 to see first-hand what it takes to get your organization into the green. In the end, we know the road to environmental sustainability and the road to economic sustainability is one in the same.
April 27th
- 7:00 pm - Bill Conway – To Keep Secrets (CANCELED)
- Will be a “That’s so Cincinnati” – Evening with a Cheetah Run and lots of Cincinnati style food!
April 28th
- 8:00 am – Continental Breakfast – Frisch’s Theater Education Building
- 8:15 am - Thane Maynard, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Zoo Director (CZBG)- opening remarks
- 8:35 am – Dave Jenike, CZBG, C.O.O/V.P. – Why Zoo’s Should Go Green
- 9:00 am – Mark Fisher, CZBG – Senior Director of Facilities, Planning & Sustainability – CZBG
- 10:30 am- Meg Matthews– Shedd Aquarium – Sustainability Coordinator - Engaging Staff in Sustainability
- 10:50 am - Dean Violletta – Dean Violletta – An Architects Role in Sustainable Facilities
- 11:00 am – Michelle Parker – Shedd Aquarium – Director of Sustainable Practices – What is the AZA’s Role in Sustainability?
- Noon – break for lunch
12:30-2:30 pm –
- Sean McNicholas & Andrew Fischer, SSA – Executive Vice President & GM @ Monterey Bay Aquarium -Being Responsible to Our Guests, Sustainability in Visitor Services.
- Steve Melink –Melink - President -Save Energy and Inspire the Public with Solar PV
- Aaron Pope - California Academy of Sciences -Manager of Sustainability Programs - Facility, Exhibits and LEED Operations & Maintenance Efforts.
- Larry Sammons – Woodland Park Zoo- Director of Exhibits and Facilities - Penguin Exhibit & Carousel Solar Project.
- Jennifer Hale – Denver Zoo -Sustainability Coordinator- Waste to Energy and Gasification
- 2:30 pm – Karl Graham – What makes our Volunteer Green Team Influential on the CZBG Community
- 2:45 pm – Walking Tour of the Zoo
- 4:00 pm – Q&A – Information Exchange
Please Join Us for Tunes & Blooms in the LEED CZBG Historic Vine St. Village Entry @ 6:30 pm.
Green Summit guests will receive a discounted rate at the Hampton Inn.
Reserve your room!
Hampton Inn & Suites Cincinnati/Uptown-University Area
3024 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 45219
Tel: 1-513-281-2700 Fax: 1-513-281-0700
Your $25 registration fee covers admission to the Green Summit, a continental breakfast and lunch at the theater.
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The Tunes & Blooms concert series is free. Please stick around after the roundtable sessions for great music and some time to kick back with your colleagues.
