Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools

August 2024 | Programs, resources & stories for educators

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ACTIVITIES

Understanding Solar Power

Build an understanding of renewable energy right in your classroom with free activities from our partners at the Vermont Energy Education Program.

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ACTIVITIES

Celebrate the Season

The gardens at Shelburne Farms are overflowing with late summer's bounty! Here are two kid-friendly activities to try with your own harvest: making fabric dye from flowers like marigolds and cooking up easy zucchini fritters.

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NOW ACCEPTING INQUIRIES

Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability 2024–25 Program

Form a youth-adult team to develop and implement a community action project over the course of the coming school year. This virtual program is offered in partnership with UP for Learning. Express your interest by Sept. 16.

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Upcoming Programs

Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability, kicks off Oct. 2024. Express your interest by Sept. 16, 2024.

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What We're Following

Early educators, we need your input! The Vermont Farm to School & Early Childhood Network is conducting a brief survey (5–10 minutes) to better understand how programs incorporate nutrition, food access, and food education. (As a thank you, you'll be entered into a drawing for prizes from Shelburne Farms.) Take the survey.

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Looking to integrate climate education into your plans this year? SubjectToClimate has a suite of back-to-school tips and resources for all grade levels and subjects.

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Extreme heat is threatening education gains worldwide, the New York Times reports.

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In the face of global warming, these Indiana students are dreaming up a better climate future. Via NPR.

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Shelburne Farms is an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future.

The Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools offers professional learning programs and resources for PreK-12 educators. All of our offerings prepare educators to facilitate learning experiences for students using a lens of sustainability. We believe in the power and potential of students to address the world's most pressing issues. We see schooling as a pathway to create healthy and just communities, successful lives, and a more livable world for all. In partnership with students and communities, educators are changemakers.