{"id":276869,"date":"2010-02-04T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=8726"},"modified":"2010-02-04T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:35:38","slug":"greenzys-eco-toys-to-debut-at-fao-schwarz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/276869","title":{"rendered":"GREENZYS eco-toys to debut at FAO Schwarz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> By <a href=\"mailto:aphillips@greenrightnow.com\">Ashley Phillips<\/a><br \/>\nGreen Right Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coming in April, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.com\/home\/index.jsp\">FAO Schwarz<\/a> will begin carrying a new environmentally conscious brand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenzys.com\/\">GREENZYS<\/a>. This eco-friendly line carries books and toys that promote green living and teach sustainable practices to children.<\/p>\n<p>GREENZYS founders, Lisa Keyser and Mark Lieber, have found a way to connect a child\u2019s love for animals with a deep concern for the environment. For example, &#8220;Peat the Penguin&#8221; encourages kids to recycle, reuse, and reduce waste, while &#8220;Violet the Giraffe&#8221; teaches children to protect the environment by reducing their carbon \u201cpaw\u201d print.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8729\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" title=\"greenzys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/greenzys.jpg\" alt=\"greenzys\" width=\"172\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The GREENZYS are a fun and engaging way of involving young children in the daily activities of green living,&#8221; said GREENZYS co-founder Mark Lieber in a statement.\u00a0 &#8220;We use the animal characters and their stories to reinforce the importance of green living practices such as conservation of natural resources, recycling, reusing and replanting. And if we&#8217;re successful in entertaining and educating them simultaneously, then we cultivate these eco-friendly practices as habits that will sustain our children and our planet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very excited to see\u00a0the GREENZYS come to life and bring Green Awareness to kids around the world,\u201d added GREENZYS Creator, Lisa Keyser.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the brand&#8217;s commitment to environmental education, a portion of the profits will be donated to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ema-online.org\/\">Environmental Media Association<\/a>, a non-profit group that uses television, film and music, to influence environmental awareness.<\/p>\n<p>Another environmental bonus, for every GREENZYS purchase made between April 5 and December 31, the Arbor Day Foundation will plant one tree in our nation\u2019s forests. Children can even go online to receive a printable certificate of their contribution.<\/p>\n<p>The books will retail for $17.99 and the plush characters will be $30. GREENZYS is\u00a0 putting its words into action by using sustainable materials in its products. The plush toys are made in socially responsible factories from soy fibers and non-toxic dyes with packaging made from recycled paperboard.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Helvetica';\">Copyright \u00a9 2010 Green Right Now | Distributed by Noofangle Media<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ashley Phillips Green Right Now Coming in April, FAO Schwarz will begin carrying a new environmentally conscious brand, GREENZYS. This eco-friendly line carries books and toys that promote green living and teach sustainable practices to children. GREENZYS founders, Lisa Keyser and Mark Lieber, have found a way to connect a child\u2019s love for animals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}