Transportation

In the United States, the largest category of carbon emissions is from transportation, which accounts for about 29% of total U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. Petroleum based products account for 91% of the transportation sector energy use and more than half of all transportation emissions are created by minivans and medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Gardens, museums and zoos have an opportunity to reduce carbon emissions by transitioning from petroleum to electric powered vehicles, incentivizing more sustainable travel and offsetting employee travel.

Click below to read more about each goal and explore further resources. If you need more support, please email the Climate Toolkit at climatetoolkit@phipps.conservatory.org.

Resources:

Transportation Sector Emissions (EPA)
Energy Use for Transportation (US Energy Information Administration)

Listed below are the Transportation goals of the Climate Toolkit:

Incentivize employees to carpool, bike, bus or otherwise forgo single-occupant car transportation.

Choose electric vehicles for at least 25% of your organization’s vehicle fleet (excluding tractors).

Incentivize sustainable travel for guests.

Resources

Alternate Travel: Cutting Down on Single-Driver Commutes to Your Facility

Nature Positive, Carbon Negative: An Interview with Duke Farms

OKC Zoo’s Sustainability Goals

Parking, Transportation and Energy Incentives

Institutions Pursuing Transportation Goals:

Select a CHECKBOX to filter ORGANIZATIONS that have achieved a particular goal.

Bayard Cutting Arboretum

Long Island, New York

Botanical Garden Teplice / Botanická zahrada Teplice

Teplice, Czech Republic

Centro de Investigaciones Cientficas de las Huastecas “Aguazarca” (CICHAZ)

Calnali, Hidalgo, Mexico

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, Ohio

Denver Zoo

Denver, Colorado

Duke Farms

Hillsborough Township, New Jersey

Fallingwater

Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania

Ganna Walska Lotusland

Santa Barbara, California

Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden

Washington, D.C.

Holden Forests and Gardens

Cleveland, Ohio

Horniman Museum and Gardens

London, United Kingdom

Houston Zoo

Houston, Texas

Hoyt Arboretum Friends

Portland, Oregon

Inala Jurassic Garden

Tasmania, Australia

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Austin, Texas

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Sarasota, Florida

Mt. Cuba Center

Hockessin, Delaware

Natural History Museum of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

New York Botanical Garden

Bronx, New York

Norfolk Botanical Garden

Norfolk, Virginia

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Planting Fields Foundation

Nassau County, New York

Royal Horticultural Society

United Kingdom

San Diego Botanic Garden

Encinitas, California

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Santa Barbara, California

Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

Smithsonian Gardens

Washington, D.C.

The Contemporary Austin

Austin, Texas

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

Norwalk, Connecticut

The Morton Arboretum

Lisle, Illinois

The Natural History Museum

Vashon, Washington

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