Jaimie recently attended the Oxford International Curriculum Schools Conference as keynote speaker and panel discussion participant.

Here is some of the feedback from teachers and school leaders: “What resonated most with me was the webinar's holistic view of education for sustainable impact. It wasn't just about teaching environmental science or sustainability concepts - it was about cultivating learners who are empowered to be ethical leaders, systems thinkers, and passionate advocates for a more equitable and regenerative future.”

Educating for sustainability means inspiring children to think about the world, their relationship to it, and their ability to influence it in an entirely new way. Children learn the knowledge, skills, and mindsets to work towards their preferred future - a new paradigm for living with one another on Earth that celebrates our capability to thrive over time in the context of a rapidly changing and interdependent world.

Apart, Together - A Book About Transformation uses everyday scenes such as gardening, mixing color, playing a sport, and playing with blocks, to invite children and their grownups to read, discuss, play, imagine, and together, be curious about the connections that make up their world.

We are proud to announce our collaboration with the National Park Service to assist educators in their efforts to educate for sustainability through formal and informal education programs.

National Park Service Educators are participating from all over the country in our EfS Curriculum Design Studios. We are excited about the depth and breadth of the work we are doing and are grateful for the opportunity to work with such an amazing array of national park sites spanning the country, including Alaska, and scheduled to also support island groups in both the Pacific and Atlantic.

We track and share stories and case studies of people around the world who are contributing to sustainability and regeneration. Regeneration is a book by Paul Hawken, a project with a newsletter, and a website. Their mission is to reverse global warming in one generation. Below is a newsletter preview and you can read the full issue here.

“Is it the sustainability of education and research that is the focus of the conversations or is it how education can contribute to sustaining human and other life on planet Earth? Maybe both?

If we successfully educate for a sustainable future, then we will create favorable conditions to make the shift toward a sustainable future, because EfS will have contributed to our individual and collective potential and that of the living systems upon which our lives-and all life-depend.  If we don’t educate for a sustainable future in the way the Benchmarks describe, then we won’t need to worry about education because we won’t be here. We do not have the luxury to spend any time on the latter scenario.  

Annual Curriculum Design Studio Online & On Campus at Omega

Join us for the popular Intro to Education for Sustainability (EfS) One Day Workshop or a full week of Curriculum Design and Coaching. Register to access expertise, resources, and tools required to design elegant curricula for use in the classroom, protocols for professional development, or action plans designed to implement EfS change initiatives in schools and communities.

Education for Sustainability Standards and Performance Indicators

“We must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.” — Margaret Mead

The knowledge, skills, attitudes and habits of mind of Education for Sustainability (EfS) are embedded in The Cloud Institute's EfS Standards and corresponding Performance Indicators.

The Cloud Institute Proudly Announces Our New Partnership With Subject To Climate

The mission of Subject to Climate is to make climate change teaching and learning accessible to all. By enabling educators from all subjects and grade levels to teach about climate change, we believe that the next generation will be inspired to take climate action. We agree. Subject to Climate is a rich resource database of K-12 teaching materials vetted by a team of former and current teachers, scientists, and climate activists. It is one of the best collections I have seen, and I really appreciate the seriousness with which they solicit and accept resources.