We’re hoping to get a real groundswell of support. We’re going to be hand-delivering a letter to the DfE about sustainability in the EYFS in February. I started a collaborative group last October, with Childbase, the Early Years Alliance, NDNA, PACEY, some academics and others, to co-ordinate our work on this.
We have checklists at https://gecco.org.uk/ to help people get started with what you can do and why, to appeal to different interests. It might be swapping to glass milk bottles, or swapping lightbulbs, for example.
Where do you start? Your biggest bills. Work out how much energy you are using every half hour, either with a smart meter, or ask your supplier. Some may be leaving the heating on over the weekend, or the immersion heaters. There is a lot you can do; for tips look at our checklists. You can save lots of money and be more sustainable at the same time.
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