The Cloud Institute prepares school systems and their communities to educate for a sustainable future through meaningful content and learner-centered instruction.
We are committed to the roles that teaching, learning, and thinking play in contributing to the shift toward a sustainable future. Our work with schools revolves around professional learning, curriculum, instruction, and assessment aspects of Education for Sustainability (EfS). We also provide the strategic planning and leadership development support required for lasting school change.
Pre-Order Response-able: How to Live Well Over Time on Planet Earth, a book by Jaimie P. Cloud
Discover Response-able: How to Live Well Over Time on Planet Earth, a transformative guide that empowers young people—and the young at heart—to envision and shape a sustainable future. Jaimie invites readers to reimagine their relationship with the world and embrace their role in creating lasting change. The book is ideal for classrooms, individual learning, and community practice.
Reserve your copy and join us for the pre-sale launch event on May 15, 2025! Be part of the conversation, meet the author, and celebrate the release of this inspiring guide.
The Fish Game is Live!
Thanks to all of you who supported the upgrade of the The Fish Game Online and to Mat Nicholas and the team at Funatomic. Our new Fish Game is now live!
There are many new features to play with, including the ability to choose the number of fisher folk with whom you are fishing in each game; the ability to announce your intentions or not, and the ability to do or not do what you promised – You’ll see that everything you do and don’t do makes a difference. Let us know what you think!!!
Play The Fish Game Online!
You have 10 days to fish and earn money to support your family. The objective of the game is to catch as many fish as possible. Will you break the system?
EFS Collective
Register for free to access this multi-media repository of exemplars aligned to the EfS Benchmarks. Help us grow the collection by submitting your own.
Cloud Commons Digital Library
Our digital library houses units, lessons, templates, assessment protocols, design tools, handouts, videos and podcasts that support education for sustainability.
Join us at the Green Schools Conference on March 3-4-5, 2025 in Orlando, Florida
The annual Green Schools Conference (GSC) brings together everyone involved in creating and advocating for green schools, with a focus on those leading their schools and school systems toward whole-school sustainability.
The Cloud Institute will be hosting a hands-on workshop at the Green Schools post-conference on March 5, 2025. The experience will begin with a guided tour of the award-winning Arbor Ridge K-8 School, showcasing innovative approaches to fostering a schoolwide culture of sustainability. The workshop will be based on vertically articulated Education for Sustainability (EfS) learning outcomes, highlighting exemplar curricula.