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Zoo staff were once dominated by men but now more than 72% are female. It’s an astounding change, representative of the changing times. Here at #SFZoo, we are o...verwhelmingly female, from animal and veterinary staff providing care, to scientists and conservationists conducting research, to senior staff playing a leading role in transforming zoological parks into centers of conservation and education. Today, we want to celebrate and recognize all of our female employees on this International Women’s Day, who serve as inspirations and role models for our future generations! #IWD2019 #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience #SavingSpecies See more

Thinker @Gavin D'souza explores what Google Trends can tell us about a community’s openness to alternative cooling strategies. #googletrends #heat #sustainability

Jump for joy. It’s FriYAY #FridayFeeling #SFZoo

MKThink's own Odile Schlossberg is a featured artist for the 2019 SURFAID Cup. (She is as good at catching waves as she is at art.) #surfing #art #humanitarianaid

If honor of Valentine’s Day, what are the ugly buildings you love?

Chilling winter storms across the nation have brought "thermal comfort" front of mind. Director of Innovation Signo Jesse Uddenberg explores "thermal comfort" beyond air temperature and mechanical climate control. #thermalcomfort

MKThink is designing an expanded habitat San Francisco Zooat San Francisco Zoo for Dawa and her two cubs born last June. Since 1958, the Zoo has maintained an active snow leopard breeding program, which has produced 30 snow leopards. Breeding programs at zoos and aquariums are critical to the survival of threatened species. #endangeredspecies #conservation #zoos http://www.mkthink.com/portf/new-habitat-for-snow-leopards/

Hydronic heating, biomass, and charcoal stoves low-tech, millennia-old design solutions reinvented to reduce energy consumption. #heating #energy #biomass #hydronic

New Year's greetings from Chinese architects, courtesy of ArchDaily https://www.archdaily.com/91/happy-new-year-of-the-pig-2019

The Mother’s Building is one of the few remaining buildings from the original Fleishhacker Playfield and Pool, which until closing in the 1940s, shared the site with San Francisco Zoo.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium boasts impressive sustainability stats: 88/100 LEED Scorecard 4,000 solar panels 680,000-gallon cistern for rainwater recapture 48 EV charging stations ... 460 LED sports lights See more