Earth Agents

Earth Agents, the Zoo’s community conservation engagement program, is celebrating another successful season! Earth Agents began at Roger Williams Park Zoo in 2019 to grow our conservation community and increase our capacity for action. Now it’s become a movement that has spread nationwide, with many other Zoo communities participating.

Our Earth Agents are families who organize and host events in their community to share simple ways to better our planet. Some examples of ways our Earth Agents encourage the community to create change include beach and park clean-ups, habitat creation and restoration, and hosting classes on upcycling and recycling. These agents of change are also helping us to motivate even more families to take action in their communities.

This year, the Zoo added five new families, with 12 families and almost 50 participants in the program. The Earth Agents had a very successful 2023 season, extending their reach into new communities and organizing inspirational conservation and clean-up events.

2023 Event Highlights:

• One Earth Agent’s family worked toward getting their yard certified as a wildlife habitat and created a YouTube video to help other families who were interested in starting the process themselves.

• A family created Earth Agent Mitzvah bracelets for their congregation about being mindful Earth Agents.

• Another Earth Agents family organized a community trash clean-up at their condo complex. They used their stipend to provide refreshments for their guests, and the kids in their community filled up 3 large bags of trash.

• The Earth Agents team from the South Kingstown Eco Club, made up of middle school students, organized a bake sale with bird-friendly and rainforest friendly products. They also provided customers with a QR code to download the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo palm oil app. The proceeds from their bake sale went towards creating a pollinator garden at their school.

These incredible Earth Agents are proving that with small changes, they can have a huge positive impact on their communities and the environment.