Resources
 The Vermont Guide to Education for Sustainability [in PDF format]
The Guide offers introductory tools, background, and examples to help educators of all grade levels and subject areas use the "lens of sustainability" to strengthen classroom curricula and community projects. [122 pages] More
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 Community Works Journal
A showcase for innovative educational strategies, practices and curriculum that involve teachers and students in meaningful work within their communities. Available in print, or as a PDF on-line at no cost. More
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 Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities
On-line publication of the Vermont Framework. Also available is the resource“Using Standards in Your Classroom.”
www.state.vt.us/educ/new/html/pubs/framework.html
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 Vermont Education for Sustainability
VT-EFS brings new ideas, techniques, and connections to Vermont school teachers. VT-EFS continues to build and support an expanding network—that includes local and international educators, asgencies, and community organization. |
FEED Sponsors' Links
 Food Works' Two Rivers Center
A hands-on research, demonstration and resource center for teachers, students and the wider community. Staff facilitates courses and workshops focused on the practical skills and traditional knowledge of living in place.
 Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) is a non-profit association of farmers, gardeners, and consumers working to promote an economically viable and ecologically sound Vermont food system for the benefit of current and future generations. NOFA is the oldest organic farming association in the United States.
 Shelburne Farms is a membership-supported, nonprofit environmental education center and national historic site on the shores of Lake Champlain in Vermont. Shelburne Farms also sponsors numerous programs and professional opportunities for educators
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Web Links
Action for Healthy Kids
Addresses the epidemic of overweight, undernourished and sedentary youth by focusing on changes at school. AHK works in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to improve children's nutrition and increase physical activity, in turn improving their readiness to learn.
Center for Ecoliteracy—Rethinking School Lunch
Envisions school lunch as part of an integrated curriculum that uses local food systems as a context for learning, while restoring the connection of farms to communities, meals to culture, and health to our children and the environment.
 Community Food Security Coalition
Dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times.
Community Works On-Line
Offers on-line resources for educators, print publications. professional development opportunities, and more related to sustainability, service-learning, and place-based education .
Farm to School Program
Read current articles and find resources to help connect students to their food source, increase the nutrition of food in schools, and help local farmers stay in business.
Food Research and Action Center
Working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.FRAC provides coordination and support to a nationwide anti-hunger network of advocates, food banks, program administrators and participants, policy makers and others. FRAC works closely with groups across the country to expand programs which help children grow and learn
 Green Teacher
This excellent publication features high-quality, practical curriculum examples and resources on many topics and concepts related to sustainability. The site offers some past content as well as information about subscribing, back issues, and submitting your examples.
Intervale Foundation
Reconnecting people, food and nature as a way to preserve natural resources, strengthen community, and create a roadmap to a sustainable future.
 Kidsgardening a resource of the National Gardening Association, is an interactive hub where teachers, parents, and others who garden with kids find inspirations, advice, and opportunities for exchange.
 Sustainable Schools Project (SSP) is a dynamic new model for school improvement and civic engagement. SSP uses the integrating concept of educating for sustainability to improve our communities economically, environmentally, and socially for current and future generations.
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