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\u2018It will be a wasteland if we don\u2019t recycle<\/strong>,\u2019 stated a four-year-old child as he carefully searched for the triangle on the bottom of a plastic bottle and sorted it into the recycling bin<\/a>. \u2018It\u2019s got a triangle five, woohoo!\u2019 he exclaimed.<\/p>\n

As we near the end of the United Nations Decade for Sustainability 2005\u201314<\/a>, it is encouraging to note the marked increase in sustainability initiatives on a local, national and global scale.<\/p>\n

Young children around the world are demonstrating awareness of their impact on the environment and ways to minimise it. A five-year-old explained that sustainability means \u2018to save the world for later<\/strong>\u2019, yet many adults still grapple with sustainability terms and practices.<\/p>\n

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The Earth is a natural physical context, that informs and impacts on the belonging<\/strong>, being<\/strong> and becoming<\/strong> of young children. Thinking<\/strong> and acting<\/strong> create journeys of change towards sustainability.<\/p>\n

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Sustainability and The Early Years Learning Framework Author: Sue Elliott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr Sue Elliott is an Associate Investigator in an ARC funded study with Dr Helen Skouteris Deakin University entitled “Promoting healthy eating, active play and sustainability awareness in early childhood curricula<\/em><\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Sustainability is broadly defined as meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Designing Sustainability<\/h4>\n

Making radical changes in a material world<\/em><\/p>\n