Sustainability must start in the nursery: The Guardian Letters Children must be encouraged to learn through their involvement in reducing the environmental impact of their homes and pre-schools, say a coalition of early years educators Read the article online at...
Photo by Hello I’m Nik 🇬🇧 on Unsplash This is actually a complex question, that needs breaking down. Firstly, bioplastic is a material that will last for hundreds of years, so not something that should ever be bought with the idea of throwing it away in a couple...
Make Sustainability Matter for Early Years … our petition Sustainability is missing from EYFS reform consultation! The Department for Education’s consultation on changes to Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) reform does not include any reference whatsoever to...
GECCO’s EY sector Eco-Sustainability Conferences Not to be missed! 2020 will bring the start of something huge … the very first industry-led Early Years Eco-Sustainability Conference offering advice, guidance and support. The conference will be run by...
60+ ways to Save Water at Home by Shaira Williams, student and blogger Ever thought about why our environment and water is getting polluted? Why is there so much of water wastage in any locality? Water Conservation has become the most important conversation between...
This week all Tops Day Nurseries will be receiving a copy of Neal Layton’s new book release: A Planet Full of Plastic. This is a beautifully illustrated book which aims to help children under 7 years understand where plastic comes from, why it doesn’t biodegrade, and...
What’s behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference? Humankind has produced unfathomable quantities of plastic for decades, first passing the 100m tonne mark in the early 1990s. But for some reason it is only very recently that people have really...
Think about your day. How much plastic do you go through? If you start to keep track of it, it might end up being quite a lot, and quite a lot more than you want to admit to yourself. There are plastic wraps on things you purchase at a grocery store. There are plastic...
Plastic Oceans International, a nonprofit organisation working to end global plastic pollution, have announced the release of its fabulous new film, Earth’s Ekko, a 20-minute educational tool with a truly international approach, featuring messages from children from...
Little Lancing Day Nursery and Forest School is to become the very first within the Tops family of day nurseries to solely use reusable nappies. Plastic nappies brought in from parents will be returned home and any child arriving at the nursery in plastic nappies will...
We love this article by Jane Shaw over at our sustainability partners Baba + Boo In fact, if you’re interested in Cloth Nappies you really need to bookmark their blog, it’s full of good stuff! Normal is a very odd thing. A friend did me the honour of...
M&S cut back on the “magic and sparkle” Marks & Spencer has removed glitter from its entire 2019 Christmas celebration range as part of an effort to improve the recyclability of its products and curb the amount of microplastics that households end...
