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Creating an Eco-Friendly Early Years Setting: A Practical Guide book cover

1st Edition

Creating an Eco-Friendly Early Years Setting A Practical Guide

By Cheryl Hadland Copyright 2020
294 Pages 42 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 42 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 42 Color Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book offers a comprehensive guide to becoming a more eco-friendly setting, from small steps that can be taken to reduce waste and improve efficiency to setting up partnerships. It illustrates how sustainable choices can become a natural part of every child’s education and how children, parents and staff can all inspire sustainable behaviour across local communities and at national and... Read more
  1. Parents

  2. Working with Colleagues

  3. Pedagogy

  4. Plastics, and their Alternatives

  5. Nappies and Wet Wipes

  6. Play Activities

  7. Children’s Gardening

  8. The Natural World and Pets

  9. Electronic Equipment

  10. Building Design

  11. Cleaning, Sanitizing and Disinfecting, Personal Care

  12. Sustainable Food

  13. Sustainable Resourcing

  14. Transport and Trips

  15. Waste Management

  16. Legal Framework and Relevant Accreditations

  17. Advocacy

  18. Standards, Curricula and Accreditation Specific to Early Years

Summary

Appendices

I. Tops Supplier Grading

II. Tops CSER Policy

III. Tops Sustainable Travel Plan example

IV. Tops Sustainability Check List example

V. GECCO Disposable/Plastic Nappy v Real/Reusable Nappy Poster

VI. Self-accreditation GECCO draft Wheel

VII. Eco festival dates

VIII. Useful websites

IX. Children’s Books

X. Educators’ Books

Index

Biography

Cheryl Hadland is the Founder and Managing Director of Tops Day Nurseries, Aspire Training Team and Hadland Care Group, and the early years sustainability charity, GECCO, UK.

"Cheryl Hadland would like envorinmental action to be a partnership between parents and their childcare providers. We are all responsible for our children's education and the protection of the environment, and what better place to inspire this than at a nursery or with a childminder. the beauty of childcare settings is that they touch many families, so they are fertile ground to sow the ideas that are important for sustainability. ven thought his book is written as a guide for early years settings, it can be used by any family or business...

I like Cheryl's perspective that this is not about being perfect, but about being aware and taking steps and, most imprtantly, educating young children in the process. She shares her research and the reality that "every activity we do has some impact on the environment", and she acknowledges that making the most eco choice can be difficult. The focus is very much on having a go, starting discussions, looking carefully at options and raising awareness." - Saffia Farr, JUNO magazine

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