What is Green?
We chose to use Green Business Certification as a way
to approach the design, construction, and operation of
our business. We wanted to help reduce our carbon
footprint impact on our environment while providing the
healthiest work and play space possible.

The responsibility for sustaining our planet as a healthy
environment for future generations rests with us all.
Conservation and sustainability are values that we
share and each day we impart these values to the
children here at
Midtown Montessori.
831.423.2273
818 NORTH BRANCIFORTE AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA 95062
Some of the daily Green practices at Midtown Montessori
We provide two snacks and a cooked lunch, nearly all
ORGANIC, fresh and local
Food is served on glass plates, with real silverware and cloth
napkins, eliminating the need for sack lunches, plastic
baggies, box juices etc
Clean cloth towels for drying after hand washing, eliminating
the need for paper towels
Florescent dual ballast lights, sun tunnels, sky lights and
ceiling fans
Low flow toilets and infrared faucets
Energy efficient and low water use washer and dryer

Electronic communication and billing
Recycled paper and envelope free mailing
Recycle and composting bins available in conspicuous places
Biodegradable and natural cleansers and detergents
Paraben FREE hand soaps and lotions
Chlorine bleach is used as required by licensing standards
VOC free Harmony interior paint

Draught resistant and indigenous flora used in landscaping
Outdoor area less than 25% grass
The children compost yard waste and leftover food
Use of programmable drip irrigation
Recycled materials used in construction
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