by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 7, 2025 | Sustainable Food
Mealtimes are an educational and social experience, and the more we can involve the children in choices and preparation of food, the more opportunities we are providing for them. Touching, smelling and tasting the food is an opportunity to develop senses, maths...
by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 7, 2025 | Sustainable Food
If we want to approach food provision sustainably, then we need to be aware that sustainable and organic do not mean the same thing. I came across a fantastic article at The Balance: Small Business website that describes the difference between the two terms well. No...
by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 7, 2025 | Sustainable Food
Growing food, herbs and flowers for a purpose is a wonderfully sustainable, and fulfilling activity for children and colleagues to engage in. Knowledge of plants plays a vital role when it comes to growing your own produce. Plants often succumb to the slugs and eaten...
by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 7, 2025 | Environmental Sustainability, Nappies and Toilet
Average baby will get through 6,500 nappies – and that’s one tonne of dirty/wet nappies that will be wasted/dumped, which will then between 250-400 years in the natural world, and quite possibly 500 years if they end up in rivers or the sea! Part of the process of a...
by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 7, 2025 | Environmental Sustainability, Nappies and Toilet
We decided to make our own baby wipes when we discovered all the ones on the market contain plastic (i.e. they are a single-use plastic); we also found a number of irritants and chemicals in commercially bought baby wipes which can aggravate delicate skin whereas more...
