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Jacksonville Arboretum & Botanical Gardens

Contact:

Brenna Blake

Operations & Outreach Manager

brennab@jacksonvillearboretum.org

805-416-6738

Region Served: Jacksonville, Florida

Website: www.jacksonvillearboretum.org

Focus Area: Landscapes and Horticulture Completed Planned

Landscapes and Horticulture

Ensure 25% of all lawn/garden maintenance equipment is electric (by end of 2024)

Ensure that 50% pesticides and fertilizers used are not derived from fossil fuels

Reduce lawn areas by 10% and encourage native plant replacements (by end of 2022)

Support reforestation to sequester carbon (by end of 2023)

Convert parking spaces into greenspaces to combat the rising temperature in cities

Additional Goals for This Institution

Buildings and Energy

Water

Food Service

Transportation

Waste

Investments

Internal and External Engagement

Create an employee incentivization program for reducing emissions (by end of 2024)

Establish a green team to support employee-related climate action (by end of 2024)

Assist visitors in switching to household renewable energy (by end of 2024)

Educate visitors on sustainable, fossil-free horticulture (by end of 2024)

Educate visitors on growing organic food (by end of 2022)

Educate visitors on the impacts of food choices and waste on climate change (by end of 2022)

Teach facts and best practices to mitigate and reduce global climate change (by end of 2022)

Research

Conduct region-specific research related to climate change (by end of 2023)

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Additional Resources

2030 Palette: A Database of Sustainable Design Strategies and Resources

BGCI Technical Review: The Role of Botanic Gardens in Practising
and Promoting Environmental Sustainability

Our Collections Matter: ICCROM

Project Drawdown

Public Gardens Sustainability Index

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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