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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 is place-based education:...
UVTPC Blog Writer
Jul 12, 20233 min read


Trout in the Classroom with Thetford Academy
On a cool morning in May, Vital Communties' Place-Based Education Project Manager Andrew Deaett joined the seventh grade class from...
joan9778
Jun 19, 20232 min read


Forest Days at Bradford Elementary School
Several weeks ago Andrew Deaett, Vital Communities Project Manager for Place-Based Education had the chance to connect with Megan Dubuque...
joan9778
Apr 17, 20232 min read


Sunrise Farm Field Trip – Woodstock C.R.A.F.T Program
Are you looking to connect your Farm to School program with more community partners? The C.R.A.F.T program at Woodstock Union High School...
joan9778
Jan 18, 20234 min read


Thetford Academy Outdoor Program: Playing in Place
On October 5, our Place-Based Education Project Manager Andrew Deaett joined Thetford Academy’s Outdoor Program on an outing at Bill...
joan9778
Dec 13, 20222 min read


Making Ecological Learning Real in the White River
What do riffles, Tropical Storm Irene, and freshwater snorkeling have in common? They were all key components of a recent place-based...
joan9778
Oct 5, 20224 min read


Flora and Fauna Discoveries on a Guided Wetland Quest
Photos (L-R): Participants on the guided quest observe the tree canopy while guide Nathaniel Sharp calls migratory birds in with a...
Andrew Deatte
Oct 5, 20221 min read


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 Throwers....
joan9778
Nov 15, 20214 min read


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 lens to...
Gabrielle Ratte Smith
Oct 18, 20212 min read


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 things I discovered The...
joan9778
Oct 11, 20213 min read


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 and desecrated places.”...
joan9778
Sep 8, 20213 min read
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...
joan9778
Mar 6, 20211 min read
Place-based education: A report from the place-based equation evaluation collaborative
Place-based education immerses students in local heritage, culture, ecology, landscapes, opportunities, and experiences as a foundation...
joan9778
Feb 6, 20211 min read
The Benefits of Environmental Education for K-12 Students
Experts at Stanford University systematically searched the academic literature and analyzed 119 peer-reviewed studies published over a...
joan9778
Jan 2, 20211 min read


Myriad Perspectives, and Backpacking Naturalists!
We are happy to have the opportunity to feature two strong voices in the place-based ecology education (PBEE) movement in the Upper...
joan9778
Dec 2, 20205 min read


School’s Out(doors): a New Place-based Education (PBE) Resource
School’s Out(doors): Place-based Education Responds to COVID-19 and Beyond was created by PEER Associates in collaboration...
joan9778
Jul 3, 20202 min read


Naturalist Backpack Project Launches in the Upper Valley
A team of educators committed to providing Upper Valley students with the resources they need to thrive during COVID19 have successfully...
joan9778
Jun 5, 20201 min read


Schools as Hubs for Environmental, Social, and Economic Justice
The world has changed drastically in the last two months. And many of us are re-thinking the way things worked prior to the COVID-19...
joan9778
May 2, 20205 min read


A Student’s Perspective on Life Lessons of PBEE
“It’s easier to understand the rest of the world if you really know where you are,” says Sophie Leggett. Although I moved here just a...
joan9778
Apr 1, 20202 min read


Rethinking Place, Reclaiming the Present Moment with the UVLEL
In its 12th year, the Four Winds Nature Institute – Upper Valley Linkages for Environmental Literacy (UVLEL) grant program is getting...
joan9778
Mar 17, 20203 min read
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