Nursery World - Special Report – Being invested in sustainability

How are some settings getting children and staff, as well as parents, on board with going green? By Meredith Jones Russell

Young Friends advises rolling out green initiatives slowly rather than all at once

The summer heatwave in 2022 has pushed the threat of climate change into the headlines and to the top of the agenda for many parents.

‘More and more people are interested in sustainability now,’ says Cheryl Hadland, managing director of Tops Day Nurseries. ‘If nothing else motivates people, it's when they’re personally affected by something. So the message is getting out more and more. The challenge is what to do about it, where do we start?’

For early years providers, the work is not purely limited to ensuring children understand sustainability.

Chief executive of Kids Planet, Clare Roberts, explains, ‘Not only are we educating children to care about the environment, but it's our job to try to educate parents, and implement sustainable practices ourselves.’

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