fuels are burned, they let off carbon dioxide.
Reducing the electricity and gas used in your
home will reduce that carbon footprint. You
can also plant broad-leafed trees to offset your
carbon footprint. Trees convert CO2 into the
oxygen we breathe. Planting trees can help pull
greenhouse gases out of the air and, over time,
will help keep the Arctic cool. A tree you plant
today can pull CO2 out of the air for hundreds
of years!
Hunter is a real life Backyard Action Hero!
He also visited Churchill, Manitoba with Polar
Bears International, our polar bear conservation
partner, to see and study polar bears in the
wild. When he returned from Canada, he took
action to help polar bears. Hunter convinced
the Louisville Zoo Youth Board to raise funds for
a new bike rack to quadruple bike parking for
the Zoo in an effort to reduce carbon emissions
from cars. Hunter also participates in “Cycle for
Change” — a public awareness campaign to
inspire communities to bicycle commute — and
“Bike Commute Challenge.” With other zoos
across the country, Hunter and Louisville Zoo
team members put away their car keys and
biked in a nationwide effort to reduce carbon
emissions. Louisville Zoo participants logged
1092.7 miles commuting to and from work in
the month of May 2015 alone! By not driving,
all of the participants together
eliminated over 7840 pounds
of CO2 emissions on
behalf of polar bear
conservation.