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Spring News | Curriculum Documentation & Mapping
Spring News | Curriculum Documentation & Mapping

We are in the swing of our first year working with the Burke’s School in San Francisco, CA, an Independent K-8 School for Girls that has taken on Educating for Sustainability for the first time this year. It is wonderful to be working with Alice Moore again (currently Director of the Lower School and formerly at Marin Country Day School where we worked together with Robert Greene for seven years integrating EfS with DEI) and joyful working with Fran Yang, Director of Curriculum and Innovation for the first time. 

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Cloud NewsCharlene TurnerSummer Design Studio
Winter Newsletter | Celebrating Big Ideas
Winter Newsletter | Celebrating Big Ideas

Celebrating Big Ideas
EfS Benchmarks for Individual and Social Learning

Big Ideas are also known as “Enduring Understandings”. They operate at the level of principles that are transferable. They describe the concepts that students will understand, and that will have lasting value in the real world over time.

The EfS Benchmarks for Individual and Social Learning recognizes the processes that include a whole system of dynamic and interconnected elements considered essential to educating for a sustainable future. The Big Ideas collectively frame the other essential elements of EfS and distinguish EfS from other fields of study.

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Cloud News, Curriculum Design Studio, EfS Perspectives, Jaimie Cloud, Standards & Indicators, Video ResourcesCharlene TurnerJaimie Cloud, Newsletter
Fall Newsletter | Useful Resources for Educators
Fall Newsletter | Useful Resources for Educators

Check out the Climate Change Education Resource Guide for Schools produced by the team at the Center for Sustainability and Climate Education at the Dutchess County BOCES. Find ideas, resources and activities to start the conversation about our climate and the actions that we, our students and colleagues can take as global citizens.

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SDGs, Video Resources, EfS in Schools, Cloud News, Curriculum & InstructionCharlene TurnerNewsletter
Spring Newsletter | Play The New Fish Game Online and Summer PD for Educators
Spring Newsletter | Play The New Fish Game Online and Summer PD for Educators

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 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!!!

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Cloud News, Curriculum Design Studio, The Fish Game, Summer Design StudioCharlene TurnerNewsletter
Winter News | Education for Sustainability is Essential
Winter News | Education for Sustainability is Essential

The EfS Reservoir is a multi-media repository of exemplars aligned to the EfS Benchmarks. The exemplars include quality curriculum units, courses, assessments, performance criteria, student work samples and eventually stories, interviews, discussions, images, narration and film that will illustrate the contexts and the impact of this work in schools and communities. Register for free to access the collection.

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Cloud News, EfS in Schools, EfS Perspectives, Video ResourcesCharlene TurnerNewsletter
Fall Newsletter | 25 Years of Educating for Sustainability
Fall Newsletter | 25 Years of Educating for Sustainability

Twenty-five years of engaging educators and inspiring young people to think about the world, their relationship to it, and their ability to influence it in an entirely new way. In our opinion, there is nothing more important than learning and working together for the future we want. We believe that a healthy and sustainable future is possible.

Thank you to all who have participated in, and contributed to, this important work. Here’s to the next 25!

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Cloud NewsCharlene TurnerDutchess BOCES, New York City DOE, EfS Collective
Spring Newsletter | Remote Learning for Teachers and School Administrators
Spring Newsletter | Remote Learning for Teachers and School Administrators

What perspectives are needed to weather our current social climate? What knowledge, skills, attitudes and habits of mind do we need to instill in young people to prepare them for tomorrow? How do successful leaders manage remote teams and achieve goals during times of change and uncertainty? What role will vision, imagination, and intention play in creating a future that is vibrant, resilient and thriving? We will explore these ideas and more in this free webinar series.

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Cloud News, Curriculum Design Studio, Curriculum & InstructionCharlene Turner
Winter Newsletter | EfS Professional Learning Opportunities
Winter Newsletter | EfS Professional Learning Opportunities

We are committed to the roles that teaching, learning, and thinking play in contributing to the shift toward a sustainable future. Our work with school systems and higher education institutions revolves around the curriculum, instruction, and assessment aspects of Education for Sustainability, as well as the strategic planning and leadership development that is required for lasting change.

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Cloud News, Curriculum Design Studio, Green SchoolsCharlene TurnerNewsletter, Summer Design Studio
2019 Spring Newsletter
2019 Spring Newsletter

The Cloud Institute is dedicated to the vital role of education in creating awareness, fostering commitment, and guiding actions toward a healthy, secure and sustainable future for ourselves and for future generations. 

The unique challenges that define our time require fundamentally new ways of thinking. If we intend to transition to a sustainable way of life, educators and young people have a critical role to play. Join us as we explore what’s possible when we educate for sustainability.

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Cloud NewsCloud InstituteIntro to EfS, EFS, Summer Design Studio, Curriculum, Omega Institute, Newsletter
Long Awaited Education for Sustainability Benchmarks Released on Earth Day

Educating for a Sustainable Future:  Benchmarks for Individual and Social Learning will be released by The Journal of Sustainability Education on Earth Day, April 22, 2017.  This 70-page account is authored by, and represents the current and best thinking of forty-two of the major scholars and practitioners of the field of Education for Sustainability (EfS).  The Benchmarks include the Big Ideas, Thinking Skills, Applied Knowledge, Dispositions, Actions, and Community Connections that define Education for Sustainability.  They embody the essential elements that administrators, curriculum professionals, faculty, board and community members need to adopt Education for Sustainability; to align with it; to self-assess their own performance, and to intentionally and effectively educate for the future we want by design. In addition, The Benchmarks embody the consensus that the field needs to demonstrate the impact of EfS and to catalyze wide spread implementation.

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