A Party for the Planet? That’s right. This month, the Baton Rouge Zoo celebrates Earth Day a few days early with its annual bash on April 15.
As part of the event, the zoo is bringing in special vendors dedicated to spreading knowledge about electric vehicles, from fancy Teslas to practical Chevy Bolts.
The Baton Rouge Zoo gathering is one of dozens of community events across the country that promotes EVs as a strategy to trim carbon emissions and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. More than 180 such events took place last year, according to the national organization Drive Electric Earth Day.
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The City of Baton Rouge is looking to make electric vehicles more accessible, following a CoPilot report last year that ranked Louisiana last in the U.S. for the number of EVs per capita. In October, the mayor’s office introduced a new strategic plan that proposed actions like building a new downtown parking lot with 20 EV chargers and applying for federal grants.
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The Baton Rouge Zoo event will feature EV owners discussing why they love their EVs and what life is like after making the commitment to drive one.
The Party for the Planet event takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and features conservation education, zookeeper chats, animal enrichment and other Earth Day activities. Learn more at driveelectricearthday.org.
This article was originally published in the April 2023 issue of 225 magazine.