Zoo exhibit designers try to inspire visitors

BOULDER ? Not every zoo can claim a public restroom with a piped-in voice detailing potty practices throughout the animal kingdom. Now, the Denver Zoo can thanks to Boulder-based ECOS Communications Inc.

ECOS stands for Environmental Communication Specialists. The company mission is to inspire others to take action on behalf of wildlife throughout the world.

Much of the company?s work involves creating the educational signage, sculptures, videos and the ambient sound one experiences at zoos and public parks. In fact, the environmental communications company designed many elements of the new $27 million Denver Zoo Predator Ridge exhibit.

?Conservation, education and recreation…