Ep #58: Composting at the Oakland Zoo with Adrienne
You’re probably familiar with composting in your home or office, but today, we’re digging into composting on a much larger scale. I’m speaking this week with Adrienne Mrsny, the Conservation Manager at the Conservation Society of California, also known as the Oakland Zoo.
Show Notes
You’re probably familiar with composting in your home or office, but today, we’re digging into composting on a much larger scale. I’m speaking this week with Adrienne Mrsny, the Conservation Manager at the Conservation Society of California, also known as the Oakland Zoo.
We’re discussing composting at an organizational level, how the Oakland Zoo engages their staff and guests in the composting process, and what they really do with all those heaps of herbivore waste.
Tune in this week to discover the role the Oakland Zoo plays in conservation efforts all over the world, how composting is a vital part of protecting our climate, and the legislation that is making composting more accessible than ever. Adrienne is sharing the Conservation Society of California’s work on climate campaigns, informing and empowering staff and patrons of the zoo, all while creating compost that gets utilized throughout the wider community.
- How Adrienne’s passion for climate-change mitigation brought her to the Conservation Department at the Oakland Zoo.
- Some of the conservation work that the Oakland Zoo is undertaking.
- How Adrienne works to empower and educate both staff and visitors of the zoo.
- Why composting is a simple way to help the climate.
- How basic behavior change is enough to make a difference in the future of climate change.
- The different component departments of the zoo and how they’re being engaged in conservation.
- How the Oakland Zoo makes compost for use on site and in the wider community.
- Adrienne’s predictions regarding the future of composting in the business world, and how legislation is starting to drive more change.
What You'll Learn
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