Building Eco-Empathy in the Early Years With Millie Colwey

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Are you a bit daunted by the DFE’s Sustainability Strategy? Are you not sure where to start with developing a Climate Action Plan for your setting? As you move forward with this, it is very important to understand the need for it and to do it in a way that is appropriate for the early years, so that we build eco-empathy not eco-anxiety. This session will help participants to:

• Understand what is meant by ‘the Anthropocene’ and its impact on childhood.
• Understand ‘Education for Sustainability’ in early childhood.
• Consider how we might design pedagogies that help babies, toddlers and young children shift from eco-anxiety to eco-empathy as they grow older.

This research-informed session will link with DFE guidance and the need for settings to develop Climate Action Plans. It will also help participants make links between sustainability and children’s learning and development.

We will also be finding out about your interest in a sustainability network and the possibility of online follow-up sessions.

This workshop is face to face. Check the location before you book. Spaces will be limited, however there are two sessions to choose from.

If this event is sold out, you can request to be added to our waiting list by emailing sph@beyth.co.uk.

Millie Colwey is delivering this workshop. She leads an outdoor early years setting in Bristol and is an SPH Partner. Millie has years of experience working as a childminder and outdoor educator, and engaging with systems leadership beyond her own settings. She is currently doing postgraduate research into early childhood education for sustainability.