Earth Day 2024
For more than half a century, Earth Day has been celebrated on 22 April to raise awareness of our shared responsibility to preserve our natural environment. To mark the occasion, we are inviting groups of pre-school and school children on Monday 22 April and families on Saturday 27 April to join us and our partners in a series of themed activities to showcase the living world.
On 27 April, you can learn about different ways of recycling waste materials at the AKSD's stand and the eco-craft stall, and you can also listen to the Debrecen Music Festival's garbage can concert. There are giant interactive eco-games at the Green Circle, and live storytelling and street theatre performances to show young and old why it is important to protect the waters of the blue planet and to collect waste selectively. There will also be a guided tour of our endangered species, and families can take a scavenger hunt of their own with a worksheet. There's also a full programme of activities, including a cat walk and a penguin show up close, as part of the all-day Animals in Action. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
On 22 April, three age-appropriate zoo education sessions will be offered to registered groups from kindergarten to high school students, who will learn about responsible animal husbandry and zoo conservation through hands-on experiences, but also explore the wildlife of five continents through a self-paced game of worksheets.
All programme elements are free of charge with zoo admission.
22 April.
- 9:00-18:00 - Meet the endangered species of our zoo! (Exercise sheets can be picked up at our zoo's main cash desk.)
- 9:00 - 18:00 - Be an ethologist! Observe the species in our zoo and record your experiences.
- 9:00 - 18:00
- Palm oil demonstration (Gibbon House)
Zoo education session: interactive zoo education session for preschoolers and school groups. Optional topics:
- "Protected animals in the world"
- "Introduction to responsible animal husbandry" - Palm House - "At home, at home
- Getting to know the birds of our country and our native domestic animals"
- "Animal friendly children - What can we do to protect our planet?"
Bookable times: 9:00-10:30, 10:45-12:15, 14:00-15:30
27 April.
Continuous programme
- 10:00-15:00:
- The AKSD will be on site
- Giant and interactive eco-games with the Green Circle
- Magic Bugs: cinema and creative cave
- Eco-water
- In the grass
- learn about natural home practices!
- Leave your handprint!
- Leave your own stamp
- Attila Katona's Wonder Bikes
- Credence fair and workshop
- Beautiful moments of the day - (we invite you to send us your plant and animal photos)
- Meet the endangered species of our zoo! (Exercise sheets can be picked up at our zoo's main cash desk.)
- Family treasure hunt for Earth Day! (Scavenger hunt worksheets available for pick up at our Zoo's Main Cashier.)
- Palm oil demonstration (Gibbon House)
- 10:00-14:00 - Be Earth Conscious (Gibbon House)
- 10:45-11:15 - Introduction to the birds of the African Gibbon
- 11:00 - "A clean, colourful world" - a presentation on selective waste collection by the Kuckó art studio
- 11:30 - Concert of the Debrecen Zenede Kukakoncert
- 11:30-13:00 - Responsible animal husbandry, venue: the House of Knowledge
- 13:30-14:15 - Introduction of our large carnivores, departure: the North - Chinese leopard runway
- 14:00 - Let's compost - expert advice with demonstration
- 14:00 - Let's go green - Plant together!
- 14:00 - The story of the blue planet - live storytelling with Aniko Rácz