Fareham nursery educates the children of today for a better tomorrow
A nursery has celebrated its 15th birthday by vowing to go completely plastic free.
Woodlands Early Roots in Sarisbury Green, Fareham is trying to decrease its carbon footprint and single-plastic use.
The nursery is making a conscious effort to change the attitudes of the children by encouraging litter picking and recycling.
Key worker in the baby unit, Rebecca Wroblewski, said: “We’re educating them of the changes we’ve made so that they can make the same changes at home.”
Plastic furniture has been replaced by recycled wooden pallets, all glitter and paint is homemade and the nursery now only use biodegradable nappies.
“We wanted to celebrate our birthday in style and it started out as a really small seed but it’s become a really big project,” Rebecca added.
The nursery hosts free coffee mornings to encourage parents to use their reusable cups, take the children on trips to pop up shops like Plastic Free Portsmouth and on sponsored walks where they pick up litter which they can make into crafts.
Toddlers key worker Honor Daniels-King added: “We’re all quite behind it as well — we all really believe in it.
“Everyone’s getting on board, loads of parent’s are so happy about it and they are really trying to push it at home.”
You can keep up with the nursery’s progress through their Instagram @woodlandsecoproject.
WATCH: Key workers Honor Daniels-King, Nathalie Hardy and Rebecca Wroblewski talk about some of the changes they’ve made to how the nursery is run:
