Children have the passion, enthusiasm and creativity to help solve problems related to wildlife and the environment if we give them a chance to be involved. This school year we launched our 2nd annual contest brought to you by the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation. This authentic service learning experience focused on reducing energy use at home, at school and in the community to have a positive impact on the future of wildlife. One teacher shared, “Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the Zoo’s Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Unless Contest. For many of my students, this was their first experience with activism and advocacy.
It gave us the chance to encourage them to become passionate about a global cause that affects our world, its people and animals.”It isn’t too late to make the right choices and take action to help wildlife and the environment!
Simple things can really make a difference, from turning off water while brushing your teeth, to unplugging phone chargers or recycling plastic bottles. If we all make the right choices every day it can really add up to help wildlife — from frogs to polar bears and even your backyard butterflies! If a million kids turned their computers off for two hours that would be equivalent to taking 15,000 cars off the road for one day! The solutions are simple but it takes the power of many to make change!
Why save energy? It will help animals big and small, here at home and around the world!
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One third to one half of all amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Many frogs and toads have already been lost, and more are disappearing every day partly due to climate change.
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Two-thirds of the world’s polar bears could disappear by 2050 as climate change continues to melt the Arctic’s sea ice.
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Butterflies are feeling the effects too. Rainfall patterns in their tropical forest habitat are being altered due to climate change.
It isn’t too late to make the right choices and take action to help wildlife and the environment!
The Zoo is proud to announce the following top 20 winners of the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Unless Contest who have all worked very hard on their "Save Energy to Save Wildlife" action campaigns:
Grades K-2
Chester Charter Community School – Chester Upland School District (PA)
George Mitchell Elementary School – Little Egg Harbor School District (NJ)
All Saints Catholic School – Catholic Diocese of Wilmington (DE)
Whiting Elementary School – Manchester Township School District (NJ)
Broad Street Elementary School – Bridgeton Public Schools (NJ)
Grades 3-5
Francis Scott Key Elementary School – School District of Philadelphia (PA)
Pine Road Elementary School – Lower Moreland School District (PA)
Pine Road Elementary School – Lower Moreland School District (PA)
Kingston Elementary School – Cherry Hill School District (NJ)
Dr. Albert Bean Elementary School – Pine Hill Public Schools (NJ)
Grades 6-8
Penn Alexander School - School District of Philadelphia (PA)
Joseph A. Greenberg Elementary School – School District of Philadelphia (PA)
Haverford Middle School - School District of Haverford Township (PA)
Springton Lake Middle School – Rose Tree Media School District (PA)
All Saints Catholic School – Catholic Diocese of Wilmington (DE)
Grades 9-12
Warren Hills Regional High School – Warren Hills Regional School District (NJ)
New Egypt High School - Plumsted Twp School District (NJ)
Owen J. Roberts High School - Owen J. Roberts School District (PA)
Spotswood High School – Spotswood Public Schools (NJ)
Friends Select High School – School District of Philadelphia (PA)