November 4 Conference Offers Learning – and Healing – Through Place-Based Education
The news is full of reports of how hard the pandemic has been on schools, teachers, and students. One antidote…
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Upper Valley Farm to School Network 2022 Mini-Grant Projects
Twelve Upper Valley schools and day care facilities were awarded mini-grants to support Farm to School projects this year! These…
Let’s Quest!
The weather is warming, the buds are bursting, and the calendar is turning to May — it’s time to go…
A Fun, Outdoor, “Light Lift” Volunteer Opportunity
Wanted: People of all ages with a love of the outdoors. Share that love by volunteering as a Valley Quest…
Join us for Star Throwers: Student Service Learning and Activism in the Community Webinar
During October 2021, all students at The Prosper Valley School (TPVS) participated in a service-learning program called Star Throwers. Inspired…
2022 Mini-Grants Available for Outdoor and Farm To School Education
Thanks to the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Vital Communities is thrilled to offer two mini-grant opportunities…
Grants for Place-Based Education Projects
Educators, do you have an idea for a project that will connect students with the outdoors? The Upper Valley Teaching…
The Prosper School’s Star Throwers: Making a Difference
From October 12 – 14, all students at The Prosper Valley School (TPVS) participated in a service-learning program called Star…
The ‘Colors’ of Birding and Nature
Colors in birding likely bring to mind plumage. Color in the context of diversity, equity, and inclusion lends a different…
Thetford Academy Students to Design a New Quest
The quest was an interesting journey A means of finding things out Classmates, this town and myself All of these…
Enlarging Our Commitment to “Sense of Place”
As the poet and farmer Wendell Berry once wrote, “There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred…
Regional Collaboration for Sustainability via Place-Based Ecology Education: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of the Upper Valley Teaching Place Collaborative
Place-based Ecology Education (PBEE) has emerged as a compelling approach to achieving the sustainability goals of Environmental Education (EE), including…