Sustainable practice in early years settings

Working in a more sustainable way will readily compliment, build on and bring together the other healthy setting themes.

If you pledge, this is what you are committing to do

• Identify and make realistic and appropriate changes around sustainable practices (with the aid of guidance tools).
• Teach, support and encourage staff and children to learn about looking after their environments and the wider world, and provide regular opportunities to do so.
• Share sustainable messages, involve and support families around your journey so that they can further their children's learning.
• Commit to engaging and working with external partners and agencies.

Training and resources

You can access the training and resources below to support you in achieving the pledge.

Resources

• Sign up to our single use plastics pledge
• Cut down your waste
• Reduce, reuse, recycle
• Recycle for County Durham on Facebook
• Recycling Empty Ink and Toner Cartridges
• Food Durham - Home of Durham Food Hub and Growing Durham community projects
• Cloth nappies
• Sustainable development goals
• Nurturing environmental awareness in children
• Nurturing children's biophilia
• Woodland Trust
• Ethical Early Years on Facebook
• County Durham Food Charter