In this course students are are trained to teach two nationally acclaimed environmental education curricula: 4-Winds and Project Seasons. Students present four of these workshops in the classroom at the local elementary school focusing on Nature Education and Farm to School education. This course includes both lecture, visits from seasoned practitioners and designers of environment education programs, and site visits to diverse environmental education programs. Readings and discussion will focus on the history, theory, philosophy, and future of environmental education. The final project for the course is to design and implement a half day environmental education program for the Craftsbury Elementary School.
Course Faculty
Allison Van Akkeren
Allison focuses on living lightly on the earth. She built her first home, a mile by foot from the road, using hand tools. The home she currently lives in, she…
Emily Brodsky
Emily abides by Mary Oliver’s instructions for living (from the poem “Sometimes”): “Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” Emily’s insatiable curiosity about the natural world results in daily astonishment,…
