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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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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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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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Justice
Place-Based Education

Rethinking Equity in the Outdoors

We need to feel we belong in the places we live if we are to begin to heal them. Here's a personal exploration of how we might collectively imagine spaces where everyone belongs.

Education Impact
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Burlington City & Lake Semester Wins Global Innovation Award

As lead community partner with this project, we are proud to share that BCL recently was honored as a U.N. University "Outstanding Flagship Project in Education for Sustainable Development."

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"Outdoor Learning in the Winter" Webinar

The recording of the Vermont Education and Environment Network's recent webinar, "Outdoor Learning in the Winter."

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Charting the Future: Burlington City & Lake Semester

What can project-based, real-world learning and problem-solving look like for high school students? Burlington City and Lake offers a model.

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Outdoor & Place-Based Education in the Now: Webinar Recording

A recording of a fall 2020 panel webinar with Shelburne Farms staff and additional educators.

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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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