Founded
by Erick, Sr. and Katya Bozzi, and their children, Erick, Jr. and Katiana
Bozzi, STAR ECO Station is an internationally award-winning non-profit
environmental education and exotic wildlife rescue center, dedicated to the
mission of Preservation Through Education. Located in Culver City, CA,
STAR ECO Station was established in 1997 as a division of STAR,
Inc. (Science Theater Art Recreation), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
that has been dedicated to improving the quality of children’s education through
educational and enrichment programming since 1986. Working
in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other government
and environmental organizations, STAR ECO Station provides a last chance
for illegal or abandoned at-risk exotic wildlife, as well as environmental
education outreach programs in over 40 California school districts. Aligned
with California State Standards for environmental education, STAR ECO Station
provides assemblies, Gifted And Talented Education, classroom instruction,
community events,summer camps, school fieldtrips and public tours of it's STAR ECO Station.
Visitors
to the STAR ECO Station experience incredible hands-on lessons of
ecology and environmentalism on breathtaking encounter with beautiful
tropical birds, exotic reptiles, wildcats and ocean life in a tropical
jungle setting. Environmental partnerships enhance the station
with 15 discovery exhibits from organizations such as the World Wildlife
Fund, US Fish and Wildlife, Surfrider and Santa Monica BayKeeper’s
unique Storm Drain display and walk-thru Kelp Forest.
There
exists an alarming, widespread lack of knowledge and compassion for
the Earth, which we passionately believe can be reversed through
education. Our interdisciplinary, hands-on lessons of compassion
and empathy for the natural world inspire sustainable and responsible
behaviors in conservation and resource management.
