A practical guide filled with creative, meaningful sustainability ideas for early childhood services. Explore simple, engaging ways to embed environmental responsibility into daily practice, play, and curriculum.
Sustainability in early childhood isn’t just about recycling bins and worm farms—it’s about nurturing a culture of care, curiosity, and responsibility. When children experience sustainable practices woven naturally into their day, they learn that their choices matter and that they are active contributors to their world. Early childhood services are uniquely placed to model these habits through playful, creative, and meaningful experiences that build lifelong environmental awareness. From reimagining loose parts to embedding First Nations perspectives, sustainability becomes a living, breathing part of the curriculum—not an add‑on, but a way of being together.
The following article provides fun and engaging hands-on sustainability projects for kids. By engaging in these activities, kids not only build eco-friendly habits but also develop a strong foundation of life skills.
Actively managing waste in an early learning service is essential for sustainability, cost efficiency, and environmental responsibility. Here are some effective strategies to implement waste management:
The following lists reflection questions designed to help educators reflect on how sustainability is embedded into their practices.
Sustainability Activities not only teach them about the importance of taking care of our planet. The following article provides information on Sustainability Activities For Toddlers, Sustainability Activities For Preschoolers, Linking To The EYLF Outcomes and more.
Implementing sustainable practices in a preschool room is a fantastic way to teach children about environmental responsibility while also creating a healthier space for them to learn and play. The following article provides information on Sustainable Practices For The Preschool Room, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Ideas, Energy Efficiency In The Preschool Room, Water Conservation In The Preschool Room, Sustainable Learning Activities and more.
National Recycling Week is held on the 13th - 19th Of November. The following provides National Recycling Week Templates, Articles, FREE Printables and Activities that can also be included in the curriculum for children.
This template enables services to evaluate the sustainable practices that are happening at the service and to provide details of sustainable issues that need to be improved.
The Health and safety of children are among the prime concerns of early childhood services when planning the learning environment. The safest way to combat such issues is to opt for organic formulations which replace harmful chemicals with nature-based ones. The following article provides information on using green cleaning products in an early childhood service.
Outdoor spaces hold great significance in early education and care settings which is why they are highlighted in Learning Environments, one of eight pedagogical practices put forward in the EYLF. It further says that Outdoor learning is a feature of Australian learning environments. They offer a vast array of possibilities not available indoors. One of the ways that outdoor spaces do this is by allowing children access to elements of Nature. The following article provides the importance of natural elements and strategies educators can use to enrich children’s play and learning experiences.
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