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Tops Day Nurseries & Shoots: Leading the Way in Sustainability, Education, and Community Impact

by Cheryl Hadland | 4 September, 2025 | Climate Change, Curriculum Practice, Policies and Standards

Tops Day Nurseries is a group of 34 day nurseries across the South coast of England, providing early education and care for children of pre-school age. Tops started in 1990 and has grown organically using reinvestment, bank finance, lottery funding and local authority...
Protecting Young Children from Extreme Heat: Strategies for Healthy Development

Protecting Young Children from Extreme Heat: Strategies for Healthy Development

by Ofentse Donald Maleka | 27 August, 2025 | Climate Change, Natural World Sustainability, Policies and Standards

Addressing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Young Children Climate change is shaping children’s early development, with record-breaking heat posing significant risks to young children and their caregivers. Practical strategies—such as expanding green spaces, implementing...
How Environmental Law is Evolving to Defend the Planet

How Environmental Law is Evolving to Defend the Planet

by Ofentse Donald Maleka | 13 August, 2025 | Policies and Standards

As climate impacts intensify, innovative legal strategies are emerging worldwide to protect both people and nature. Recent cases — from South Korea’s climate rights rulings to proposals for granting legal personhood to rivers — highlight five main approaches shaping...
Connect Childcare announces sustainability push

Connect Childcare announces sustainability push

by | 12 November, 2021 | Policies and Standards, Resources

Connect Childcare announces sustainability push to help futureproof UK childcare sector Nursery management software specialist Connect Childcare has announced a sustainability drive – seeing the firm commit to planting 250 trees – to help futureproof the early years...
GECCO interviews Abbie Hine, Founder & Managing Director, WiseOceans.

GECCO interviews Abbie Hine, Founder & Managing Director, WiseOceans.

by Ofentse Donald Maleka | 25 July, 2019 | Curriculum Practice, Economic Sustainability, Natural World Sustainability, Policies and Standards

GECCO asked Abbie Hine, Founder and Managing Director of marine conservation organisation, WiseOceans, for her experience using reusable nappies: Abbie’s young daughter is regularly in real nappies Q1. Why did you decide to use reusable nappies? Before my...
Help support the Nappies Bill!

Help support the Nappies Bill!

by Ofentse Donald Maleka | 22 July, 2019 | Curriculum Practice, Economic Sustainability, Natural World Sustainability, Policies and Standards

Nurseries are being encouraged to write to their local MPs now to gather support for the Nappies (Natural World Standards) Bill, which aims to reduce single-use plastics in disposable nappies and cut costs for local government and parents. The Bill which promotes...

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Fostering Environmental Courage: Vincent LaFontan and Flanders Nature Center’s Approach to Climate Action and Sustainability Education

6 September, 2025

Tops Day Nurseries & Shoots: Leading the Way in Sustainability, Education, and Community Impact

4 September, 2025

Protecting Young Children from Extreme Heat: Strategies for Healthy Development

27 August, 2025

Operationalising Sustainability: Turning Principles into Practice

14 August, 2025

Kids Inc Training Academy: Inspiring Sustainability from the Start

13 August, 2025

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