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This is how many donations we’ve received so far!🧸🚂🪀Thank you for your generosity and support. Your toy donations make a meaningful difference and we truly appreciate your contribution to our Arctic Sea Ice Day Toy Recycling Drive. We’re still accepting donations until the end of this month . If you’d like to contribute, please drop off your donations in the donation box located at the Membership Office. Thank you for helping us make a positive impact in our community!🐻‍❄️🧊🤍

🌎❄️ The coolest thing on Earth is disappearing…and it affects all of us.

This Arctic Sea Ice Day, we are shining a spotlight on the vital role Arctic sea ice plays in keeping our planet healthy. Often called Earth’s natural air conditioner, sea ice helps regulate global temperatures, supports incredible wildlife like polar bears, and sustains Arctic communities.

As sea ice continues to decline, the impacts reach far beyond the Arctic — affecting ecosystems, weather patterns, and our shared future.

Learn more about how small actions can make a difference and how you can do your part in helping our environment!

Together, we can help create a cooler, healthier future for people, wildlife, and our planet. 🌎 ❄️



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This Arctic Sea Ice Day, give your old toys a new purpose! 🧸♻️ By recycling toys, we can help reduce carbon emissions, conserve resources, and protect the home of polar bears and other Arctic wildlife. ❄️🐻‍❄️

Join us at the Toronto Zoo on July 15 and be part of a simple action that can make a meaningful difference.

💙 Drop off your used toys (any shape, any condition!)
🕙 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
📍 Polar Bear Tundra Trek & Membership Office

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Meet Suria 🐫, Zoya & Minu 🐆🐆, and Hudson 🐻‍❄️. These animal ambassadors represent their wild counterparts and wildlife around the world, whose habitats and futures are increasingly threatened by one shared challenge: climate change.

From drying deserts to shrinking mountain ranges and melting Arctic ice, climate change is transforming their homes.

But what’s the good news? Your actions can make a difference. This World Environment Day, take a moment to cherish the nature and wildlife around you while learning about how you can do your part 💚🌎

Every choice you make helps protect the future ♻️

💭 Tell us one change you’re making this year in the comments down below👇

Save & share to spread awareness ☀️

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It’s World Environment Day! 🌎✨This year’s theme focuses on climate action. With global temperatures on the rise ☀️, we all have a role to play in protecting wildlife and future generations 🤝. Being a Guardian of Wild by taking small actions in our daily lives can lead to big changes! 🌱

Your Toronto Zoo is working towards a sustainable planet through initiatives like:

🦁 Guardian of Wild Strategic Plan 2025 - 2027
♻️ Zero-waste Dining
🪴 Toronto Zoo Greenhouse

Read more about the Guardian of Wild Strategic Plan 2025 - 2027 here: https://www.torontozoo.com/strategic

We all have a role to play in making a positive impact on our environment, Let us all work together in making real change! ✨

As Robert Swan said:

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”

And it’s time to welcome our CALL SUMMER 2026 COHORT ✨🌱

This summer our CALL interns will learn about Climate Action, Conservation, and Environmental Education. They are all geared up to be inspired, build their knowledge, and to inspire our community to take action toward a more sustainable future.

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It’s a wrap for our Spring 2026 CALL Cohort! 🎉🎉

In the past three months, our CALL interns made deep connections here at your with people, wildlife, and environment. They joined our team of Guardians of Wild and we hope they continue being the guardians wherever they go, inspiring more and more people to be climate and sustainability champions and wildlife advocates.

Hi, I’m Erica, one of the spring 2026 CALL interns! My final project was about the connections between people, nature, and our language.

Researchers have found a correlation between areas with lots of species (high biodiversity) and areas where lots of languages are spoken (high language diversity). These may seem unrelated, until we remember that we are animals! We are deeply integrated into our ecosystems, which means that human diversity (cultural, linguistic, etc.) is an extension of biodiversity. This also means that climate change affects us, just as it affects plants and animals.

I noticed that this relationship is evident in our language: we are underdogs 🐶 and early birds 🐦. We plant 🪴 ideas and use websites 🕸️, and this is only English! I chose plant and animal phrases from a few languages commonly spoken in Toronto to show how connected we all are to nature. I see Toronto (and Toronto Zoo) as a beautiful mosaic of nature and culture, and I wanted to celebrate that in my art.

Language has power, so we should use our voices to speak up for the environment! Check out my seeds of thought 🌱 at the bottom of my art to see how you can take action.