Sustainability

Our ethos

Enviroschools

We are currently working towards our Bronze certification.

Enviroschools is a nationwide programme supported by Toimata Foundation, founding partner Te Mauri Tau, and a large network of regional partners. Early childhood centres and schools commit to a long-term sustainability journey, where tamariki/students connect with and explore the environment, then plan, design and take action in their local places in collaboration with their communities.

The Enviroschools kaupapa is about creating a healthy, peaceful, sustainable world through learning and taking action together.

To find out more about Enviroschools click here

Reusable nappies

Did you know that:

It takes 4.5 trees to make disposable nappies for one baby (over 2 ½ years that works out to be 1.3 million trees for NZ babies).

It takes one cup of crude oil to make the plastic for each disposable nappy.

It takes as much energy to produce one disposable nappy as it does to wash a cloth nappy 200 times.

Disposable nappies are estimated to make up about 2% of landfill waste.

Over 2.5 years a child will use about 6,000 disposable nappies.

Here at Newlands Childcare Inc we aim to reduce these wastes by providing our children with reusable nappies for their time with us.