For Australian Early Childhood Leaders:
You Know Sustainability Matters. So Why Does It Still Feel So Hard to Implement?
Since EYLF 2.0 introduced the Sustainability Principle in February 2024, services across Australia have been working to embed sustainability into practice.
You've established gardens. You're running recycling programs. Your team cares deeply.
But when you look at your practice honestly, something's missing.
87.5% of Australian ECEC services report minimal impact from the Sustainability Principle—20 months after the framework's introduction.
This pattern emerged consistently across our work: guided assessments with services, anonymous educator surveys, reflections from professional learning participants, and strategy conversations with leadership teams.
For Australian Early Childhood Leaders:
You Know Sustainability Matters. So Why Does It Still Feel So Hard to Implement?
Since EYLF 2.0 introduced the Sustainability Principle in February 2024, services across Australia have been working to embed sustainability into practice.
You've established gardens. You're running recycling programs. Your team cares deeply.
But when you look at your practice honestly, something's missing.
87.5% of Australian ECEC services report minimal impact from the Sustainability Principle—20 months after the framework's introduction.
This pattern emerged consistently across our work: guided assessments with services, anonymous educator surveys, reflections from professional learning participants, and strategy conversations with leadership teams.
The Sustainability Principle feels abstract. Your team isn't quite sure what "embedded practice" actually looks like. And despite your best efforts, sustainability still feels like isolated activities rather than integrated learning.
The challenge isn't your commitment. It's that most services are working without the frameworks needed to bridge from theory to practice.
What If You Could See Exactly Where Your Service Stands—And Your Precise Next Steps?
The 2025 Sustainability Snapshot reveals five patterns emerging across Australian services, showing you:
Where most services actually sit with sustainability implementation (and why 56% remain focused only on environmental activities)
The specific gaps between what educators think they're doing and what's actually happening
Which of four service profiles describes your current practice
What shifts when services receive structured support (and how quickly it happens)
This isn't another theoretical framework. It's a clear-eyed look at sector reality, backed by data from guided assessments, anonymous educator surveys, and professional learning reflections across multiple Australian services.
The 2025 Sustainability Snapshot Shows You Exactly Where Australian Services Stand
This report reveals four distinct service profiles, the patterns showing up across implementation, and the specific shifts that help services move from individual activities to embedded sustainability practice.
What you'll discover:
📊 Five sector-wide patterns showing up across environmental focus, EYLF 2.0 impact, educator confidence, pedagogical approaches, and team engagement
🎯 Four service profiles from Foundation Building to Holistic Sustainability—so you can identify exactly where you are and what comes next
💬 Real voices from the sector: What directors, educational leaders, sustainability champions, and educators report as they navigate implementation
🔄 What actually changes practice: The specific support structures that help services move from fragmented activities to embedded sustainability
âš¡ Role-specific challenges: Why team engagement is so difficult and what each role actually needs to succeed
See Where Your Service Really Stands
Access the 2025 Sustainability Snapshot now. In 10 minutes, you'll have clarity about where Australian services sit with the Sustainability Principle—and where your service fits within that landscape.
This Snapshot Is For You If:
You're a Director or Nominated Supervisor who needs clarity about what meaningful progress actually looks like under EYLF 2.0
You're an Educational Leader responsible for guiding implementation but unsure how to translate vision into daily practice team
You're a Sustainability Champion who's uncertain about your role and needs clear direction
You're an Educator ready to move beyond basic recycling and gardening into genuine sustainability education
Get the Clarity You Need to Move Forward
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