{"id":3658,"date":"2019-06-24T17:46:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T16:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:47","slug":"teaching-sustainability-nursery-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/06\/24\/teaching-sustainability-nursery-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching sustainability &#8211; why and how EY practitioners can"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Cheryl was delighted to be asked to contribute to a 'Teaching sustainability' article featured in Nursery World's 2019 Nursery Equipment supplement; she took the opportunity to explain the Tops approach to sustainable childcare &amp; education, and how GECCO is sharing best practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Natural curiosity<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why the natural world issues are best introduced in the early years - and how practitioners can do so<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Early childhood is the time to start teaching children about sustainability. Early childhood settings have a duty to give all the information available to the children otherwise they will grow up to be adults who are uninformed citizens,\u2019 says Diane Boyd, senior lecturer in early years at Liverpool John Moores University.<\/p>\n<p>Diane has worked with Lesley Curtis, head teacher at Everton Nursery School and Family Centre in Liverpool to establish the inter-generational Skills Caf\u00e9; details of this, a case study from Merseyside, advice, tips and a children's reading list are all available in this inspiring article by Annette Rawstrone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_&quot;2_5&quot; et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"&quot;Teaching\" title=\"&quot;Teaching\" class=\"et_multi_view_hidden_image\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_&quot;3_5&quot; et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><strong>Natural curiosity<\/strong>: Why the natural world issues are best introduced in the early years - and how practitioners can do so<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nurseryworld.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nursery World<\/a> \/ Nursery Equipment supplement 2019<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/010_NE_Teaching-About-Sustainability.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the article<\/a> (pdf)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\u2018We have got to be provoking children to ask questions because children are more authentic questioners than adults and we don\u2019t give them enough credit for this,\u2019 Diane continues. \u2018If we can provide children with a starting point on sustainability, just think about the ripple effect it can have through their coming school years.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curriculum-practice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13743,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions\/13743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}