Sustainability concepts come alive in exploring food systems from cycles and systems to diversity and interdependence.  School gardens offer an accessible hands-on place to support students’ learning and deepening understanding of the complexity of sustainability.  For educators food systems and the garden connect to standards, skills and create opportunities  for student agency through project based learning opportunities.

In this webinar, we’ll dig into these concepts and learn about ways schools are connecting concepts and projects to student learning and voice.  You’ll leave with tools and examples for your own practice.

4 - 4:05pm (ET) Welcome & Introductions; Land Acknowledgement

4 - 4:15pm (ET) Sustainability concepts and food systems

4:15 - 4:30pm (ET) Connecting sustainability to the garden (and food systems in schools)

4:30 - 4:45pm (ET) Learning and reflecting on examples for your practice

4:45 - 4:50pm (ET) Reflections & additional resources

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Registered attendees will be entered to win a copy of "Growing Food"

Jen Cirillo, Director of Professional Learning for Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools

Jen Cirillo supports educators to integrate sustainability, place and food systems into their curriculum.  Jen has been an educator and professional learning facilitator since 1996. Jen holds a BS in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Vermont (UVM), a MS in Environmental Education from Lesley University’s Audubon Expedition Institute, and is currently a PhD candidate at UVM.  Jen is an active member of her community’s conservation commission and a statewide cultural organization.  In her spare time she enjoys swimming, paddle boarding, skiing and teaching her dogs new tricks.

Jeswin  is a youth facilitator with UP for Learning as well as a member of Harwood Union High School's Farm to School team.  Jewsin works with schools on creating YPAR projects oriented around the Sustainable Development Goals.

Lily Nguyen, Education Specialist, KidsGardening

Stay tuned for the rest of this FREE webinar series from Growing School Food Gardens! Each event will be posted on our Crowdcast page.

Click this link to add the GSFG webinar series dates to your calendar or check the GSFG Events page for updates.

1) Feb. 8 - Welcome Webinar
2) March 8 - STEAM in the Garden
3) April 12 - Teaching for Sustainability
4) May 10 - How to use school food gardens to teach place-based, culturally-relevant, and indigenous learning
5) June 14 - Funding Your School Food Garden

The Growing School Food Gardens community on the Kids Garden Communityis designed  to facilitate networking and collaboration among school food garden practitioners and offers:

Discussion threads will enable practitioners to interact and leverage their collective strength in tackling shared challenges.

Regular, expert-moderated group coaching sessions will provide practitioners with structured opportunities to secure answers and assistance in real-time.