When it comes to amusement parks (excuse me, “Adventure Parks”), I’ve always felt that SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, with their focus on wildlife, have the best and most obvious opportunity to make an impact on the environment. Indeed, they have a large non-profit organization committed to wildlife conservation. The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund was created to support habitat and wildlife conservation, research, education and animal rescue. And many of the animals at Sea World have been rescued from the wild, or in the case of one of their non-oceanic shows, “Pets Rule,” from shelters around the country.

However, while visiting SeaWorld yesterday (I’m in San Diego for a couple of days on a family trip), I was struck by the juxtaposition between this commitment to animals and the almost blatant (to one who is tuned in to it, anyway) disregard for anything else in the name of the environment and/or sustainable business practices. Sure, there were the obligatory recycling bins near trash cans throughout the park, but very few outward

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