.png)
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.
#ProjectSustainabilityCollective #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EducationForSustainability #ECEC #SustainabilityEducation #EarlyYears #ChildDevelopment #SystemsThinking #EarlyChildhoodLeadership #PlayBasedLearning #ProjectBasedLearning
Episodes
47 episodes
The Catalyst Effect - Why Early Childhood Educators Hold the Key to Sustainable Futures (Ep 3)
Episode 3: The Catalyst Effect - Why Early Childhood Educators Hold the Key to Sustainable FuturesSeries: The First 2,000 Days: Building Brain Architecture and Sustainable FuturesWelcome to the final epis...
The Extinction of Experience - Why Nature Connection Matters for Sustainable Futures (Ep 2)
Series: The First 2,000 Days: Building Brain Architecture and Sustainable FuturesThis is the second episode of three: The Extinction of Experience - Why Nature Connection Matters for Sustainable FuturesLi...
The Grounding Years - Why the First 2,000 Days Matter for Child Development (Ep 1)
Episode 1: The Grounding Years - Why the First 2,000 Days Matter for Child DevelopmentSeries: The First 2,000 Days: Building Brain Architecture and Sustainable FuturesWelcome to the first full episode of our new ...
The Critical Window - Why Child Development and Sustainability Are One Story (Intro to Series)
Series: The First 2,000 Days: Building Brain Architecture and Sustainable FuturesWelcome to the newly rebranded Project Sustainability Collective Podcast!If you've been following For Your Ears from the Early Years,...
Why and How This Podcast is Evolving: A Transition Episode (Ep 37)
"Why This Podcast is Evolving: A Transition Episode"After 36 episodes exploring the breadth of early childhood education, 'For Your Ears from the Early Years' is evolving into the Project Sustainability Collective Podcast....
.png)
Managing Markets and Building Community: Teresa Molella's Rotary Story
Rotary Community Service Radio Show - 94.1 FM 3WBCHost: Lili-Ann KrieglerBroadcast Date: 16 January 2026https://www.buzzsprout.com/2071197/episodes/18512352Managing Markets and Building Community: Teresa Molella's Rotary ...
The Pedagogy of Listening: Art, Children, Materials, and the Power of Place with Debi Keyte-Hartland (Ep 36)
FOR YOUR EARS FROM THE EARLY YEARS Episode 36:Guest: Debi Keyte-HartlandThe Pedagogy of Listening: Art, Children, Materials, and the Power of PlaceFor my final episode of 2025, I speak with UK-based artist educator D...
Rotary Radio Interview with Dr Jillian Woinarski - Co-President of the Rotary Club of Canterbury
Dr Jillian Woinarski - The Rotary Club of Canterbury94.1 FM 3WBC - The Rotary and Community Service Radio ShowListen here.
A Sustainable Festive Season: Simple Shifts with Big Meaning (Ep 33)
Welcome to Part 3 of our Reflect, Reconnect and Reimagine Sustainability series.The festive season brings joy, connection and often a lot of pressure. Can celebrations be both joyful and sustainable?
.png)
A Year of Collective Impact: How Educators Are Re-Imagining Sustainability. (Ep 35)
Welcome to the final episode of our Reflect, Reconnect and Reimagine Sustainability series.For 12 months, we've worked with educators who are courageously reimagining what sustainability means in early childhood. In this closi...
.png)
A Season of Reflection and Gratitude: How Everyday Actions Create Lasting Impact. (Ep 34)
Welcome to Part 4 of our Reflect, Reconnect and Reimagine Sustainability series.As we approach the final days of 2025, how do we look back at the sustainability progress that's been made when it doesn't always look the way we ...
.png)
The Unlimited Child: Unlocking the Potential of 2.1 Million Children Across the Globe. (Ep 30)
Episode 30: The Unlimited Child: Unlocking the Potential of 2.1 Million Children Across the GlobeWelcome to For Your Ears from the Early Years, where host Lili-Ann brings you thought-provoking conversations that enrich educational practi...
Season 1 Episode 34 - How can Teachers Foster Metacognition
In this important episode of my podcast with Ortal Green THE THINKING EFFECT PODCAST I talk to
Episode 6 How can teachers helps students to see the forest and the trees
It's time to release Episode 6 of THE THINKING EFFECT PODCAST!You often hear the statement that someone 'can't see the forest for the trees'. Sometimes students get so close to the details that they can't see the bigger picture. When st...
Why Place Matters: Discovering Sustainability in Your Own Backyard (Ep 32)
"We don't have anything interesting—we're just in the suburbs."If you've ever thought this about your outdoor space, this episode will change how you see your service's environment forever.In Part 2 of the Reflect, Reconnect, ...
.png)
More than a Garden: Recognising Children's Sustainability Thinking (Ep 31)
What if the sustainability thinking you're looking for is already happening in your service—you just haven't been guided to see it?In the first episode of a special five-part series, Reflect, Reconnect, and Reimagine Sustain...
.png)
A Sustainable Festive Season: Simple Shifts with Big Meaning (Ep 33)
Glitter. Plastic. Single-use everything.The festive season can contradict every sustainability value you've been embedding all year. But what if celebrations could be both joyful AND sustainable?In this mid-series...
.png)
Perspectives on Joy, Possibility & Children's Capabilities in Early Childhood (Ep 29)
What happens when a dedicated, seasoned educator and consultant asks herself a simple but powerful question: "What is possible?"Jo Haynes has worked across private, public, and non-government sectors in Australia, and her journey ...
Physical Development - the Foundation of All Learning (Ep 28)
In this transformative episode, host Lili-Ann Kriegler welcomes Dr Rachel Jones, an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong, to explore why physical development has become the 'missing piece' in early childhood education.Dr J...
What does Sustainability Actually Mean in Early Childhood Education? - Dr Diane Boyd's Three Pillars (Ep27)
Dr Diane Boyd Explains the Three Pillars Beyond Environmental FocusJoin Lili-Ann and Bronwyn on 'For Your Ears for the Early Years' podcast for an inspiring conversation with Dr Diane Boyd, an award-winning expert in sustainability withi...
Evidence-Based Anti-Bullying Strategies with Psychologist Evelyn Field OAM (Ep 26)
What if everything we've been telling children about dealing with bullies is actually making it worse?In this powerful episode of "For Your Ears from the Early Years," host Lili-Ann welcomes trailblazing psychologist Evelyn Fie...
The Neuroscience of Learning Spaces: Dr. Kathryn Murray's Brain Set Approach (Ep 25)
🔥 MUST-LISTEN for educators everywhere! 🔥Continuing our April focus on the brain, prepare to have your understanding of learning environments completely revolutionised by Dr. Kathryn Murray, creator of the 'Brain Set Environments' ...
Transforming Learning Through Self-Regulation with Dr Shyam Barr (Ep 24)
April 2025 is Brain Month with my podcast, For Your Ears from the Early Years. ' Starting with this fantastic interview with Dr Shyam Barr, I will be releasing other podcasts and articles focused on how we can maximise learning by supporting ch...
Sound Pathways: How Musical Experiences Shape Learning Potential (Ep 23)
In this captivating episode of 'For Your Ears from the Early Years,' Sue Newman, co-founder of Boogie Mites, shares her inspiring journey from the corporate world to creating a transformative music education program backed by neuroscienc...
More Than Just Fun: How Music Builds Literacy, Numeracy, and Well-being (Ep 22)
This March, we explore the Arts in early childhood education with Anne Belcher, a music educator with 20+ years of experience who founded Branch into Music near Ballarat after discovering music's soothing power on her own baby.Anne expla...