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Place-Based Education

School's Out(doors): Place-based Education Responds to COVID-19 and Beyond

A resource to support you in doing more place-based education. Always a powerful approach to learning, place-based education is also a powerful answer to COVID-19.

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Place-Based Education
UN Sustainable Development Goals

What's Taught and What's Learned

Winooski high school students immerse themselves in learning at Shelburne Farms, demonstrating their grasp of the Big Ideas of Sustainability, systems thinking, and the excitement of learning!

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Education Impact
Farm to School

Farm to School: Stories of Promise and Impact

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited Shelburne Farms to announce their continuing support for farm to school efforts. Vermont champions of that work discussed how Vermont is leading the way.

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Farm-Based Education
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Summer Learning on the Farm (with Activities!)

We’ve partnered with the Winooski School District to create a summer school program with time both on the farm and in the classroom - read more and get activity inspiration!

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Driving Sustainable Farm to School Through the Farm to School Institute Model

Vermont FEED joined the National Farm to School Network for a special webinar sharing their Farm to School Institute model and innovative adaptations of the model happening across the country.

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Place-Based Education

Burlington City and Lake Semester: On Sustainability

Get a glimpse into how Burlington City and Lake Semester engages with sustainability in some of the many meanings of the word.

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Unpacking Education for Sustainability: Webinar Recording

How can you build education for sustainability into your practice as an educator? Hear from Shelburne Farms and University of Vermont Tarrant Institute educators.

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Justice

Climate Change Education to Address Intergenerational Injustice

When educating for climate change, the actions of adults and community members outside the classroom speak volumes to students. Climate change solutions can't simply fall to "the next generation."

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Place-Based Education

The Successful, Sustainable Middle School

Education for Sustainability nurtures the development of community members engaged in creating sustainable and democratic communities.

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1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, Vermont 05482 

Telephone: 802-985-8686

An education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future through its programs, place, and products. Home to the Institute for Sustainable Schools, our historic campus is a 1,400-acre diversified farm located on the homelands of the Winooskik band of the Abenaki.

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Shelburne Farms is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Tax ID #03-0229347)