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Two educators smile in discussion at a Shelburne Farms professional learning program. Photo by Andy Duback.

For Shelburne Farms, sustainability is more than a catchphrase. We are on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future.

The Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools is a hub for 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; educators help students realize that potential. 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. 

Education for Sustainability is the foundation of our professional learning, an approach that empowers students to strive for, and thrive in, a more sustainable future.  This is learning that links knowledge, inquiry, and action so students can create positive change now, and carry this into their adult lives.

In the last two decades, we’ve collaborated to transform the teaching practices of:

15,000+ teachers        |        reaching 1,000,000+ students        |        in 49 states and 35 countries

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The Institute was formed in 2021 as a home for the many professional learning initiatives that Shelburne Farms has long engaged with. 

Our first educator program was offered in 1971, and, from the beginning, we have operated in service of teachers and schools. Shelburne Farms has been a pioneer in environmental education and the Education for Sustainability approach, with a strong commitment to youth voice. Our programs have earned national and international recognition from groups including the United Nations University, and every year, more than 1,500 educators participate in professional learning experiences.

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  • Discover the Education for Sustainability graduate certificate programs, offered in partnership with the University of Vermont

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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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