Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools

July 2024 | Programs, resources & stories for educators

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We hope you're having a restorative and rejuvenating summer! Professional learning programs are in full swing here at Shelburne Farms. Pictured: A celebration of the 2024 Education for Sustainability Graduate Certificate recipients. Congratulations, graduates!

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PLACE-BASED LEARNING STORIES

What the Forest Can Teach Us

Looking to get outside and learn with the land more in the coming year? Gather inspiration from a few of the educators who just completed the Forest for Every Classroom program.

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FARM TO SCHOOL STORY

Uniting a School Community Through Food

Montpelier High School's inaugural Solon Soup for the Soul event stands as a testament to the power of the simple act of sharing a meal.

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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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Climate Change Education course, offered in partnership with the University of Vermont. Enroll by Aug. 30 for Fall 2024. An online elective option in our Education for Sustainability Graduate Certificate.

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What We're Following

Concerned about climate change and quality of life in Vermont, students from our partner school Champlain Valley Union High School have opened a farmstand to sell food grown at the school. Via Vermont Community Newspaper Group.

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Looking for summer reading? Director of Professional Learning Jen Cirillo has curated a list of her favorite inspiring global education stories in Green Teacher magazine.

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The Guardian reports on preparing the next generation of workers for Vermont's expanding, and rapidly changing, maple sugaring industry.

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Kudos to teacher Andrew Margon, an alum of the 2023–24 Education for Sustainability Leadership Academy, who was just named to the "40 Under 40: Rising Stars in NYC Food Policy" list for 2024!

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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.