Zoopermarket - Melbourne Zoo April 2013

zooboy28 · 21 Apr 2013

Melbourne Zoo April 2013

Possibly the best non-animal interactive learning eperience ever in a zoo! Zoopermarket is within the Orang-Utan viewing hut, and allows you to scan common products to see if they contain certified Palm Oil or not. It tells you if the company uses sustainable oil, is going to by 2015, or isn\'t at all, and also allows you to send a message to the government (I think) saying that you think Palm Oil should be labelled.

dean · 26 Apr 2013

This is a very good idea and one that could be copied more widely, a small list or notice is rather ineffective but this display really should help get the message across.

zooboy28 · 28 Apr 2013

@dean, it is a brilliant idea, and I hope more zoos do attempt to copy it, or at least provide more accessible information on palm oil containing food.

The zoo has put out a story on the zoopermarket, which can be read about here: http://www.zoochat.com/24/melbourne-2013-news-306994/index2.html#post664413 and here: Check that out! | Zoos Victoria

IanRRobinson · 28 Apr 2013

Colchester's Orang exhibit is otherwise pretty ordinary, but it does have a lot of info about the perils of palm oil. Nowhere as effective as this though.

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