Find community, reinvigorate your teaching practice, and tap into the power of Education for Sustainability with retreats, workshops, and courses.

Registration is now open for most 2024 programs!

Upcoming Learning Opportunities

• Northeast Farm to School Institute and Farm to School Institute Adaptation Program, applications due Jan. 29
• Climate Creative, begins Feb. 2
• Watershed for Every Classroom, applications due Feb. 12
• Green Schools Conference, March 5–7
• Education for Sustainability Graduate Certificates, applications encouraged by early spring

Contact us to discuss which programs are right for you.

What We're Following

Bask in the beauty of winter with "Wliniwaskw Wliahki: Good Spirit Good Earth" by Vermont author Patricia Austin, featuring photos and poems written in Western Abenaki with English translations. Available via Gedakina.

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To spur agency and critical thinking, educators can take steps to position students as knowledge builders rather than just consumers, writes Shane Safir in ASCD.

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If you use a school garden as a classroom, join the Kids Garden Community for resources, discussion boards, and more.

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Colorado students say they want more solutions-oriented climate education. Via CPR.

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Enjoy these images from the Shelburne Farms 2024 Wall Calendar as wallpapers for your computer or phone.

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.