332 6th Street
Santa Monica , CA 90401
The Santa Monica Family YMCA is a community-focused organization dedicated to enriching the physical, mental, spiritual, and social lives of individuals and families. Guided by core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, the YMCA embraces diversity to ensure everyone can learn, grow, and thrive.
The Santa Monica Family YMCA’s Environmental Policy supports energy efficiency, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and sustainable procurement. Their facility upgrades include replacing hundreds of fluorescent tubes with LEDs and installing window tint on north & east-facing windows to reduce heat gain. To improve indoor air quality, the YMCA eliminated aerosols and switched to Green Seal Certified floor and multi-surface cleaners. Waste reduction efforts include cutting paper use by 50% by creating flyers with QR codes and installing water refilling stations to reduce single-use plastics.
Recycling practices feature a color-coded liner system with clear blue for recycling and black for trash to simplify sorting. Sustainable purchasing focuses on janitorial paper products containing up to 100% post-consumer recycled content. Beyond facility improvements, the YMCA incorporates sustainability education into its children’s after-school & day camp programming, fostering environmental awareness within the community.
