How to be Eco~Friendly with Children

Young children are especially susceptible to the negative

effects of modern life. Many eco-living families and families

who have had to deal with serious illnesses feel like they

have to sacrifice some of their green morals and healthy living when placing their children in daycare or preschool.  Now, parents in San Diego will have a choice to enroll their children in a eco-friendly child care center, Genaveve’s Playhouse Preschool. We are proud to say that we have several cancer survivors in our preschool community including some of our little preschool children, parents and even teachers! What makes us eco-friendly?

Eco-friendly, play equipment and all natural toys that exclude harmful chemicals and lead.

Eco-friendly all natural cleaning supplies

Homemade eco~friendly finger paints, paints and crayons

organic preschool grown and home made snacks

we reduce, reuse and recycle

 Did you know that:

Replacing 100, 60-watt incandescent light bulbs with energy-efficient 15-watt compact fluorescent bulbs will result in an average annual savings of $2,500.

A company can save an average of $50 each time they replace their toner by choosing recycled toner cartridges over regular.

Studies have shown that 30% of office workers leave their computers on at night. Turning off your computers and monitors every night can save $75.00 per year per computer.

For each degree you raise the cooling thermostat setting, up to 5% of cooling costs can be saved. Setting the thermostat at 74 instead of 68 degrees will save 30% on cooling costs.

For each degree you reduce the heating thermostat setting, up to 5% of heating costs can be saved. Setting the thermostat at 68 instead of 72 degrees will save 20% on heating costs.

Simple math supports the argument for conserving at the office.  For every extra dollar your company spends on energy costs, your company needs to generate $10.00 worth of revenue (assuming your company operates on a 10% profit margin). So if energy costs rise and you fail to reduce energy use, your company will need to generate an additional $10,000 worth of revenue for every $1,000 of increased energy costs.