Teaching for a Positive Future
Sustainability Education Summer Institute 2009
Shelburne Farms
http://www.shelburnefarms.org/
Matt Dubel
A Whole School Model for Sustainability: The Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes
Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project (SSP) works with schools to use sustainability as an integrating theme, linking curriculum, campus stewardship, and community engagement. We’ll explore the dimensions of a whole school model through a case study of the Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes, an elementary magnet school in Burlington, Vermont that was created through a partnership between the school district and Shelburne Farms. Participants will generate strategies for using sustainability to connect student learning across the grade levels and work collaboratively to imagine the possibilities for their own schools and communities.
