March 17, 2025

Visiting Arbor Ridge Elementary School in Orlando, Florida

March 17, 2025/ Cloud Institute

At the recent Green Schools National Conference in Orlando, Florida, we had the privilege to visit Arbor Ridge Elementary School. Arbor Ridge has received first place in the green schools recognition program, the Florida Green Apple award by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Green Ribbons Schools award by the US Department of Education.

We toured the school and the campus and a team of faculty members attended our afternoon workshop on vertical articulation of Education for Sustainability. Among many hey have composting in the cafeteria, a living garden.

Chicago School Kid Discovers New Cancer-Fighting Compound in Bird Poo

March 14, 2025/ Cloud Institute

Under the close supervision of professors from the University of Illinois, middle schoolers were trained how to safely collect and grow bacteria. One youth identified a bacterium that might create new cancer treatments and antibiotics.

They were part of a 14-week educational outreach program to promote scientific careers with hands-on experience.

Great news: Montana Supreme Court votes 6-1 in favour of young climate activists

December 23, 2024/ Rosemarie Desmarais

The Supreme Court in Montana agreed with the young activists who asserted the state was not living up to its constitution by not considering climate change when approving fossil fuel projects.

Melissa Hornbein, a senior attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, which served as co-counsel for the plaintiffs along with Our Children’s Trust, said the decision would force Montana state agencies to assess the greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts of all future fossil fuel projects when deciding whether to approve or renew them.

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