{"id":4886,"date":"2020-01-17T17:04:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T17:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4886"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:42:06","slug":"make-sustainability-matter-for-early-years-our-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/17\/make-sustainability-matter-for-early-years-our-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Sustainability Matter for Early Years &#8230; our petition"},"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_post_title_0 et_pb_post_title et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_title_container\"><h1 class=\"entry-title\">Make Sustainability Matter for Early Years \u2026 our petition<\/h1><p class=\"et_pb_title_meta_container\"><span class=\"published\">17 January, 2020<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><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;4_4&quot; et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><a href=\"\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div><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\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\">Sustainability is missing from EYFS reform consultation!<\/h2>\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\"><p>The Department for Education\u2019s consultation on changes to Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) reform <strong>does not include<\/strong> <strong>any reference whatsoever<\/strong> to sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>We believe that protecting our planet and ensuring it is fit for future generations is important and that children should learn about this from an early age.\u00a0 We owe it to our children to teach them about the world they inhabit and that our planet is precious and must be preserved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GECCO is campaigning to include sustainability in the reformed EYFS framework<\/strong>; please sign the petition at change.org, and please share with colleagues and parents!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/parliament-make-sustainability-matter-for-early-years-324af3a4-2a61-4d0a-9d80-44fdea6be927\" target=\"_blank\">change.org<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[117,118,119],"class_list":["post-4886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-change-org","tag-eyfs-reform","tag-gecco-petition","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886","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=4886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13763,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886\/revisions\/13763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}