by Cheryl Hadland | Aug 13, 2025 | Environmental Sustainability
In Semarang, Central Java, the OASIS Schoolyards initiative is transforming schoolyards into “urban oases” to combat climate challenges like heat waves and tidal flooding. Led by the Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities) with partners such as Milklife, Kuark, and...
by Charli Henley-Carter | Feb 7, 2024 | Environmental Sustainability
If you’re not consuming animal products then you just passed the halfway mark. Congratulations. Every chicken breast and milk carton you spurn lowers the demand on industries responsible for egregious natural world harm – and spares countless animal lives from...
by Charli Henley-Carter | Jan 31, 2024 | Curriculum Practice, Environmental Sustainability, Resources
Even though most of us will spend most of our lives indoors, that doesn’t mean we aren’t still exposed to air pollution. Indoor air contains a wide array of pollutants including chemicals found in many common household items, building materials and cleaning products....
by Cheryl Hadland | Jan 31, 2024 | Environmental Sustainability
In a bid to reduce carbon emissions, Tops Day Nurseries started investing in electric cars in 2017 for their staff to use when needing to travel at work (see Tops Day Nurseries goes greener with electric cars). More recently, their hard-working Health and Safety team...
by Cheryl Hadland | Jan 24, 2024 | Curriculum Practice, Environmental Sustainability
Once your recycling is collected it is taken to a depot. At the depot, your recycling is picked up and taken to a sorting facility. The recycling is placed on a conveyor belt and goes through a series of machines which separate the different materials. Here’s how:...
by Charli Henley-Carter | Jan 21, 2024 | Curriculum Practice, Environmental Sustainability
Are bioplastics better for the natural world than conventional plastics? Confusion among terms like bioplastics, bio-based and biodegradable plastics makes it hard to discern – and make – the natural world friendly choice. Have you ever stood in front of a...
