Project Sustainability Collective Podcast
Project Sustainability Collective Podcast
Hosted by Lili-Ann Kriegler and Bronwyn Cron
Welcome to the Project Sustainability Collective Podcast, where early childhood pedagogy and sustainability education come together, positioning ECEC educators as the critical leverage point for planetary change.
Hosts Lili-Ann, author and expert in early childhood pedagogy, play, and project-based learning, thinking skills, and leadership, and Bronwyn Cron, author and expert in STEM and sustainability education, bring together decades of combined expertise. They work together to explore how educators simultaneously shape child development and environmental futures, and regularly host sustainability and education thought leaders to enrich our listeners' podcast experience.
Our Approach:
Grounded in research with 200+ Australian ECEC services, we explore sustainability holistically across five interconnected domains: environmental, social, economic, cultural, and leadership/governance. Through our Sustainability Impact Accelerator framework, we help you recognise your significance, deepen your thinking, and expand your influence, accelerating change that ripples from your service outward to children, families, communities, and ultimately transforms policy and culture.
What We Explore:
Thought-provoking, evidence-based insights connecting brain development to environmental consciousness, practical frameworks like our Sustainability Discovery Framework, and approaches to embedding the EYLF 2.0 Sustainability Principle into everyday practice. We examine play-based learning, place-connected pedagogies, project development, team engagement, courageous planning, and how to integrate sustainability into your quality improvement plans.
Who This Is For:
Early childhood educators, educational leaders, directors, pedagogical leaders, sustainability coordinators, policy makers, and anyone who recognises that supporting optimal child development during the grounding years IS the most powerful sustainability education possible.
Our Promise:
We combine intellectual rigour with practical application, honouring your professionalism whilst providing frameworks and language that validate what you already know works. We help you see that you're not doing two separate jobs—child development and sustainability are the same work viewed from different angles.
You are architects of possibility, working at the intersection where human development and planetary futures meet.
Join us as we accelerate education for sustainability, positioning ECEC educators where you belong—at the centre of the conversation about planetary futures.
Acknowledgement of Country:
We respect the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land of the Kulin Nation groups, the Boonwurrung and Bunurong people, where I live, learn, and work.
We also respect the people and cultures from across the globe who live and work for the optimistic future of this unique island continent, Australia. May we all walk gently into the future.
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Project Sustainability Collective Podcast
Nature as Teacher - Embracing Nature Pedagogy with Ros Molyneux (Ep 2)
Nature as Teacher - Embracing Nature Pedagogy with Ros Molyneux (Ep 2)
Kriegler Education is delighted to unveil our latest episode, "Nature as Teacher—Embracing Nature Pedagogy," featuring the remarkable Ros Molyneux. This episode, hosted by Lili-Ann Kriegler, explores Ros's extensive expertise in early childhood education and her passion for nature-based learning.
Ros Molyneux, an experienced Early Childhood Teacher, Consultant, and Coach, has dedicated over 30 years to the field. With a Bachelor of Education, Master of Education Studies, and a Diploma in Children’s Yoga teaching, Ros currently works with Gowrie Victoria as a Consultant, guiding teachers in early childhood programs. She is also the Director of Hearth Nature Play, a wild bush venue near Ballarat, where she fosters children’s connection with nature through Nature Playgroups and Bush Kinder.
In this enlightening conversation, Ros shares her journey from traditional classrooms to establishing Hearth Nature, where she integrates First Nations cultures and environmental stewardship into her teaching. Discover how outdoor play can profoundly benefit young children and learn about Ros's inspiring approach to education.
Recommended Reading List:
Last Child in The Woods (2005) by Richard Louv
Balanced and Barefoot (2016) by Angela Hanscom
Beyond the Gate (2023), edited by Claire Warden and Doug Fargher
Early Years Learning in Australian Natural Environments (2022), edited by Fran Huges, Sue Elliott, Karen Anderson, and Barbara Chancellor
Young Children and the Environment (3rd Edition, 2024) by Julie Davis and Sue Elliott
Inspirational Quotes:
John Muir: “Of all the paths in life you take, make sure a few of them are dirt.”
Edwin Land (quoted by Michael Bungay Stanier in How to Begin): “Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.”
🌟 Listen, learn, and let nature guide your educational journey.
#EarlyYears #NaturePedagogy #OutdoorLearning #ForYourEarsFromTheEarlyYears #Education #PodcastRelease #RosMolyneux #HearthNature
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Lili-Ann Kriegler (B. A Hons, H. Dip. Ed, M.Ed.) is an award-winning author and Melbourne-based education consultant. Her books are 'The Power of Play' for educators and 'Roots and Wings' for parents. Lili-Ann’ is a leader in early childhood education (birth to years), leadership and optimising human thinking and cognition. She runs her consultancy, Kriegler-Education. She is passionate about the early childhood sector and believes in the transformational power of education.
Find out more at https://www.kriegler-education.com.
