An Educational Initiative focusing on going green and reducing waste in our community sponsored by OC Waste & Recycle
Pretend City Goes Green is an educational initiative designed to educate the community, grown-ups and children about the importance of waste reduction in our community. Through activities and programming that focuses on the “Four R’s” – recycling, reducing, reusing, and rebuilding, Pretend City hopes that families will be encouraged to build new habits that lend to living an environmentally sound lifestyle.
Why Go Green?• According to the EPA, the waste produced per person per day has increased to 4.3 pounds Through environmental education and eco-friendly actions these numbers can be reduced significantly. Simply PutEnsure that your family has a safe and healthy community for current and future generations. Play with a PurposePretend City is an environment that fosters and encourages learning through play! There are many different areas of learning that are covered when your child plays at Pretend City and now we have added one more, environmental education. |
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While your child explores the exhibits and works with our well trained and educated staff of early childhood educators, they will begin to have an understanding of a wide variety of concepts that will help them understand the importance of waste reduction and following the Four R’s!
Here are some special programs and happenings for the month:
February
• Pretend City Goes Green – Earth Awareness Mad Science Class
Member’s Go Green
As part of our play with a purpose activities, each month there will be a specially dedicated day for our members to go green with us.
Check out this month’s days and activities:
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Our City Goes Green
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Pretend City understands that in order for families to support us going green our physical environment must lend itself easily to reducing waste. To that end, Pretend City has introduced some new items to the city: |
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Our Play Partners – OC Waste & Recycling
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The mission of OC Waste & Recycling is to provide Waste Management services, protect the Environment, and promote Recycling in order to ensure a safe and healthy community for current and future generations. OC Waste & Recycling manages one of the nation’s premiere solid waste disposal systems serving 34 cities and over three million residents. On behalf of local residents and businesses, OC Waste & Recycling has developed a solid waste management system composed of a network of three active landfills and four household hazardous waste collection centers. The ‘Waste Free OC-Saving Room for Tomorrow One Choice at a Time’ campaign calls for residents to preserve our local landfill system by practicing the Three R’s: reducing, reusing and recycling. |
Pretend City Goes Green Education Initiative is sponsored by OC Waste & Recycle.
