May 2025 | Programs, resources & stories for educators
PROGRAM
Join Us for Immersion in Education for Sustainability
Dive into the essential questions of Education for Sustainability and deepen your practice in designing learning for a sustainable future. Hybrid offering, with online sessions in July and August and an in-person retreat July 22–24.
Meet Three Teachers Transformed by the EFS Certificate Program
Educators Jess Angell, Katherine McHenry, and Mat Heald share what's changed—in them and in their teaching practice—as a result of certificate coursework, offered with the University of Vermont College of Education & Social Services.
Create a peer learning community and explore Education for Sustainability, systems thinking, and leadership for transformation. Year-long residential program, beginning July 29–31 with a retreat at Shelburne Farms.
Slimy sculpins, flooding, and microplastics in our waterways. Teachers in Watershed for Every Classroom bring water to life for students, supporting their understanding of, and care for, the planet.
The VEEP/NHEEP (VT & NH Energy Education Program) Summer Institute is happening June 23–27 in Albany, NH. Gain insights on integrating real-world problem solving, joy, and impactful climate solutions into our schools and communities.
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Among the many cuts stressing national systems, critical funding for farm to school and early childhood programming is in jeopardy. Vermont FEED reports on this developing story and shares how you can get involved in sustaining local foods.
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This Super Compost Project teaches schools how to manage waste. Via Valley News.
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.
