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Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium

Contact:

Shafkat Khan

Director of Conservation

skhan@pittsburghzoo.org

412-680-1219

7370 Baker Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Region Served: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Website: www.pittsburghzoo.org

Resources

Conservation & Climate Change

Climate Change & Global Warming

Focus Area: Waste Completed Planned

Waste

Compost 100% of food waste (by end of 2024)

Eliminate all single-use plastic in food service, horticulture, gift shop, and all other facilities and operations (by end of 2025)

Eliminate the sale and use of bottled water (by end of 2024)

Recycle or reuse all recyclable materials including metals, glass, and plastic

Additional Goals for This Institution

Buildings and Energy

Engagement

Educate visitors on growing organic food (by end of 2024)

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

Educate visitors on the impacts of food choices and waste on climate change (by end of 2024)

Establish an employee green team to support climate action

Teach facts and best practices to mitigate and reduce global climate change

Food Service

Ensure 40% of food service menu selections are vegan or vegetarian (by end of 2024)

Make 10% of all food purchases within 100-mile radius of site (by end of 2024)

Investments

Landscapes and Horticulture

Ensure 25% of all lawn/garden maintenance equipment is electric

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

Reduce lawn areas by 10% and encourage native plant replacements

Support reforestation to sequester carbon

Research

Transportation

Water

Reduce use of municipal water by at least 25%

‹ Pittsburgh Botanic Garden

Planting Fields Foundation ›

Presented by
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

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ICCROM

International Living Future Institute

One Earth

Project Drawdown

Public Gardens Sustainability Index

Regenerative Museums

Regenesis Institute

Rocky Mountain Institute

Shepley Bulfinch

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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