EOC 117: How Annette Berkovits Transformed the Field of Wildlife Education
Today’s guest on the show is Annette Berkovits, an author and educator focused on wildlife conservation who has written the new book, Confessions of an Accidental Zoo Curator. We talked with Annette about her path towards becoming a key architect of what has now become a worldwide standard for wildlife and conservation education programs. Annette worked for three decades with the Wildlife Conservation Society, and took a unique approach towards designing conservation education programs - an approach that has been hugely successful in reaching students and zoo visitors all across the globe.