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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Introducing Our New Resource "Learning Locally, Transforming Globally"

A new resource for educators is already being used by groups of learners around the world, making steps toward a sustainable tomorrow.

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Activity: Introducing the Sustainable Development Goals

Tackling complex global issues like climate change, poverty, food insecurity, and racial inequities can be overwhelming for young people. One way to start is by focusing on some of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Hopeful Stories from Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability

Among this year’s Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability projects, you’ll find youth and educators striving to address some of our world’s biggest challenges.

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Place-Based Education
UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Schools At Work: Georgia Middle School Kicks Off Year-Long Project

Students dig into big questions surrounding sustainability in year-long, school-wide project.

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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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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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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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UN Sustainable Development Goals

A new tool for exploring the UN Sustainable Development Goals

You can support distance learning around the UN Sustainable Development Goals with this new project-based resource for learners and educators.

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

What world do YOU want in 2030?

Our Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability Program challenges teams of students to make a difference in their communities by addressing one of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals at the local level.

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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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