Turn your community’s care into action.
Programs and conversations are centered around a local species or habitat in need, with research-based steps participants can take to make a difference.
Nonprofits, parks, zoos, botanical gardens, museums, libraries, and other member organizations.
Everyone leaves with a renewed sense of purpose and actionable steps to integrate healthy habits into daily life.
Who Benefits
Featured Experience
Wellness & Conservation Class
“Over 85% of yoga users reported reduced stress.”
During the spring, our one-hour Wellness Conservation class combined yoga poses and breathwork with storytelling, and awareness. We focused on dark skies due to its heath benefits for migratory birds, other species, as well as people.
Moving forward, each class will focus on a different conservation topic to continue building healthy habitats for all of us.
Before and after the class, surveys showed what participants learned, which actions they could keep as long-term habits, and what topics they would like to explore next.
“It was so beautiful and relaxing!
Perfect setting at the zoo! Really feel closer to nature.”
Yoga student, Jacksonville Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Yoga principles can guide how we live and connect with the world.
This can take many forms: poses, breathwork, mindfulness, art, writing, and other reflective practices.
The Process in Action
DISCOVER
Zoo & Gardens employees entered the experience with an existing level of conservation awareness—giving us an opportunity to measure not just knowledge, but potential action and real-world barriers.
DESIGN
A beautiful outdoor setting. A gentle yoga practice. A conservation story with a purpose.
This one-hour experience brought together yoga, storytelling, conservation awareness, and practical ways to support both personal well-being and the environment.
DELIVER & MEASURE
Awareness. Participants arrived with varying levels of awareness of dark skies and migratory birds.
Action. Participants identified which conservation actions they already practiced—and which were realistic for them.
Barriers. Survey revealed that not every action is equally accessible. One participant, for example, selected every action except lighting because condo living limited their ability to control outdoor lighting.
Interest & Next Steps. Feedback showed high level of interest in another class, providing an opportunity to continue building awareness and action around another conservation topic.
KEY TAKEAWAY
Measurement doesn't just tell us whether a program worked. It helps us understand the people we're serving, what matters to them, what gets in their way, and where the experience can go next.
