Summer Newsletter | Social Justice and Education for Sustainability
What to Preserve and What to TransformOver time, life on Earth has experienced times of relative stability and has seen great disruptions like earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and global pandemics....
View ArticleSustainable Lessons for Schools During Covid19
John Henry and Jaimie P. Cloud discussed why short-term, unsustainable thinking during #COVID19 could lead to long-term unsustainable schools. Einstein once said, “The significant problems we face...
View ArticleMerging Math and Project-Based Learning in a Virtual Environment
repost from: greenschoolsnetwork.org By: Sanch Lawrence, Sep 29, 2020 Keep Reading I vividly remember my last in-person class before COVID-19 upended school as we know it. It was March 13, 2020, the...
View ArticleFall Newsletter | 25 Years of Educating for Sustainability
Learn more about our work This year marks our 25th anniversary educating for sustainability. Twenty-five years of engaging educators and inspiring young people to think about the world, their...
View ArticleEducation for Resilient Cities with Climate Storyteller Partnership
Jaimie recently spoke at the "Education for Resilient Cities with Climate Storyteller Partnership held by the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. She discussed some frameworks...
View ArticleConnecting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Educating for...
What do Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and Educating for Sustainability (EfS) have to do with one another? Where are the “twofers”—the power standards that are rich enough to do both? What...
View ArticleWashed Ashore Artwork - Art To Save The Sea
Lessons in Ocean Stewardship, Sustainability, and Responsible Consumer HabitsWashed Ashore Artwork features giant sea life sculptures made entirely of marine debris collected from beaches to...
View ArticleWinter News | Education for Sustainability is Essential
The Education for Sustainability (EfS) Reservoir of Exemplars Learn More The EfS Reservoir is a multi-media repository of exemplars aligned to the EfS Benchmarks. The exemplars include quality...
View ArticleThe Cloud Institute and The Sequoia Group in Singapore | The Green Plan 2030
We are excited to announce The Cloud Institute’s new long term collaboration and partnership with the Sustainability Institute at Sequoia Group in Singapore. “We have been planning this for eleven...
View ArticleSpring Newsletter | Play The New Fish Game Online and Summer PD for Educators
Play The Fish Game Thank You! Thanks to all of you who supported the upgrade of The Fish Game Online and to the team at Funatomic - educational game developers extraordinaire. The new Fish Game is now...
View ArticleThe Path Forward for Education and Climate Action Webinar
This is a great webinar that was hosted by the Center for Universal Education and Education International to discuss the path forward for education and climate action, and the recent Brookings policy...
View ArticleThe Hudson 7 + 'Sustainability' Arrives in the Classroom
Jaimie Cloud, of the Cloud Institute for Sustainable Education and Jenny Schinella of Dutchess BOCES join the Green Radio Hour with Jon Bowermaster to talk about just how important it is today to...
View ArticleChris Wyland on Place-Based Learning and Education for Sustainability
"... the other aspect in terms of educating for sustainability, is that, it just makes sense. As an educator, from seeing the impact it has on the authenticity of the student learning, but also, the...
View ArticleLiving and Breathing Education for Sustainability (Podcast)
Living and Breathing Education for SustainabilitySequoia Group Singapore EfS PodcastIn this podcast Jaimie discusses creating awareness, fostering commitment and guiding actions towards a healthy,...
View ArticleSustainable Development Goals - Useful Resources
We don’t know too many schools and districts that are teaching about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals...
View ArticleFall Newsletter | Useful Resources for Educators
Free Download Climate Change Education Resource GuideCheck out the Climate Change Education Resource Guide for Schools produced by the team at the Center for Sustainability and Climate Education at...
View ArticleMorrell Park Is My Community GreenFutures Elementary Student Work
With support from GreenFutures, a program of the School District of Philadelphia (SDP), the Fairmount Water Works, the educational outreach arm of the Philadelphia Water Department, the Cloud...
View ArticleThree Recommendations for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Schools During...
We educators are responsible for preparing young people with the knowledge, skills and habits of mind that will build their capability to thrive over time. It is our role to understand and facilitate...
View ArticleDocumenting and Mapping Curriculum: Solutions to Common Challenges
Curriculum Mapping and Documentation ResourcesRationales for Curriculum Documentation and MappingApplications for Documented and Mapped CurriculaDocumenting and Mapping Curriculum - Solutions to...
View ArticleWinter Newsletter | Celebrating Big Ideas
Celebrating Big IdeasEfS Benchmarks for Individual and Social Learning Learn more Big Ideas are also known as “Enduring Understandings”. They operate at the level of principles that are transferable....
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