About Us
Little Green Steps WA is a not for profit program that supports Education for Sustainability (EfS) in early learning centers and schools in Western Australia. This includes childcare centers, preschools, family day care, kindergartens, after school care and long day care services for children aged 0-8 years.
LGSWA incorporates the National Quality Standards (NQS), Early Years Learning Framework V2 (EYLF) and Western Australian Curriculum (WAC) sustainable outcomes into the workshops and resources we deliver. We encourage educators to reflect on their practices by building knowledge, skills and attitudes about living sustainably. Along with their families, the staff and educators are the children’s most significant role models.
We offer support, workshops, resources, information and advice. For members this website holds resources to enhance their planning and provides focused aligned activities useful for educators, managers and directors.
Together we will continue to take those little steps towards a more sustainable practice; regardless of what stage you are at in your journey.
Our History
Our Very First Step
Little Green Steps is an initiative of the Gosford City and Wyong Shire councils in New South Wales. In 2012 the Australian Association for Environmental Education WA Chapter was successful in gaining a Lotterywest grant to run a 12 month pilot of Little Green Steps, which began in July 2012. The Western Australian pilot supported sustainability learning and practice in three not-for-profit childcare centers, one each in the cities of Canning, Gosnells and Armadale. This pilot proved to be very successful.
During the ‘Pilot Phase’ there was a lot of interest shown from educators facing similar challenges in implementing sustainability. Little Green Steps WA ran a few 4.5 hour workshops in Perth and in Albany which were well received.
Continuing to Step Forward
At the beginning of 2014, Lotterywest awarded LGSWA a grant to deliver an ‘implementation phase. We partnered with the City of Cockburn to trial a local government based approach, enabling us to determine the benefits of working directly with a local government. We have continued to secure ongoing contracts to deliver LGSWA service, one day a week, to educators through workshops, visits, creating a directory and attending City of Cockburn community events.
We have recently expanded our services to include onsite professional development during staff meetings. We have developed a series of hands-on incursions for children. We continue to offer both face to face and online workshops in order to reach educators across Western Australia. We want educators to feel confident with EfS as we work together building a better future. If your center, school, education network, or community would like to host a Little Green Steps WA workshop please visit the workshop page or email us at lgs@aaeewa.org.au.
We welcome any feedback you may have on any of our resources, and look forward to hearing how you make use of them in your early years service.
By working together, we can set our children up with the tools to help us create a more sustainable future for all.
What You Say About Us
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