SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN EARLY YEARS The Flourish Project has taken the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs and created sets of topics that can be explored within primary/elementary school settings. The Flourish Model provides an ecological...
A Practical Guide, by Cheryl Hadland Cheryl’s book offers a comprehensive guide to becoming a more eco-friendly setting, from small steps that can be taken to reduce waste and improve efficiency to setting up partnerships. It illustrates how sustainable choices can...
From sustainability tool kits to awards, there’s a lot of support and many routes to achieving and shouting about your sustainability credentials! Here are a few to explore: Count Us In Making Changes That Matter. These 16 steps are the most effective way to reduce...
Play activities for our children need to be carefully considered from an eco-sustainable perspective. It is helpful to have a set of criteria to work through when setting up activities, or thinking about purchasing new materials. Does the activity use any existing...
Loose parts are materials that can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in multiple ways. They are materials with no specific set of directions, they can be natural or synthetic. When children are left alone to play...
