Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools

June 2026 | Programs, resources & stories for educators

Countdown to summer programs


Reconnect with your "why" this summer! Limited spots are available in programs including:



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Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability, a year-long program for youth, adults & schools

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Celebrating Sustainability


From a gravel wetland to a peace mural, hear students describe projects they undertook this year as part of Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability, offered in partnership with UP for Learning. (And, here's how to join us in 2026–27.)

PODCAST

Burlington City & Lake Featured on "Free Range Humans"


Hear about this immersive, place-based high school program from co-founder and lead teacher Dov Stucker. Says Dov, "The program is designed to create the conditions where young people are given a chance to weigh in, to have their insight and wisdom have real impact in city-scale decisions." BCL is a partnership of Shelburne Farms and the Burlington School District.

What We're Following

Shout! For! Trout! Sustainability Academy, one of our partner schools, recently held a parade celebrating the humble fish and its ecosystem, a culmination of students' study of brook trout. Via Seven Days.


Through the On the Rise project, Vermont FEED works with schools and bakeries to get more local grains into school meals. Read about one such collaboration in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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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.

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