Spring Newsletter | Introduction to Education for Sustainability and Curriculum Design Time
/Join us for the popular Intro to Education for Sustainability (EfS)
1-Day Workshop or a full week of Curriculum Design & Coaching
Introduction to EfS will immerse participants in systems thinking games and simulations, group discussions about economics and quality of life, and the science of sustainability. Stories and case studies will be shared, we will explore contemporary ideas in EfS and we will envision what is possible when we educate for sustainability.
During the Curriculum Design Studio, we will use backwards design/ Understanding by Design (UbD), to re-orient, innovate, build, and map curricula designed to meet academic standards in addition to EfS standards, performance indicators, and enduring understandings - without additional class time.
NeuroLeadership Institute | Summit 2022 Rewind: Beyond Survival - What’s Next For Organizations
For many organizations this year, survival-mode has been the norm. In the opening keynote of the NeuroLeadership’s 2022 Summit, you’ll learn how to get out of depletive and exploitative mindsets to set your organization up to adapt faster and make the shift toward sustainability and regeneration.
“I think it's incredibly exciting that the brain science can help us with moving from where we've been to where we wanna be... to the future we want.” - Jaimie P. Cloud
Report on K-12 Climate Change Needs in New Jersey
In June 2020, New Jersey became the first state in the U.S. to incorporate K-12 climate change education across content areas when the State Board of Education adopted the 2020 New Jersey Student Learning Standards. Jaimie Cloud is a member of the Thought Leader Committee for this report.
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy was a strong supporter of this initiative, and praised the State Board for its action. “The adoption of these standards is much more than an added educational requirement; it is a symbol of a partnership between generations,” said Murphy in a statement.
Whole School Approaches to Sustainable Development
A Whole School Approach (WSA) provides a framework for re-orienting and redesigning education considering emerging global sustainability challenges4. It invites a holistic, systemic, co-creative and reflexive effort by all stakeholders involved in education to meaningfully engage students in complex sustainability challenges. Holistic here refers to the attempt to explore and address sustainability issues from multiple perspectives in an integrated and relational way.
3rd Grade Food Waste Warriors | Gwinnett Students Vigilance Keeps Lots Of Food Out Of Trash Can
Several Gwinnett County schools were participants in a nationwide initiative on food waste and its impact on the planet. Students’ findings have led to changes that mean a lot less food ends up in the garbage.
At Mason Elementary, one of 13 Gwinnett schools in the Food Waste Warriors Project the 3rd grade class took on the task of determining how much food is wasted, why it’s wasted and finding ways to turn those numbers around. The students succeeded in reducing food waste by 53% over 12 weeks.
The Cloud Institute is CPD Certified!
In partnership with Metanoia in Hong Kong, The Cloud Institute's Foundations of Education for Sustainability Training Workshop has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is for UK Professional Development credit and is the holistic commitment of professionals towards the enhancement of personal skills and proficiency throughout their careers. CPD enables learning to become conscious and proactive, rather than passive and reactive.
CPD combines different methodologies to learning, such as training workshops, conferences and events, e-learning programs, best practice techniques and ideas sharing, all focused for an individual to improve and have effective professional development.
Earn Your Graduate Degree Online Studying The Issues You Care About
The Institute for Humane Education offers an M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., and Graduate Certificate in humane education through Antioch University. Learn to teach about environmental sustainability, social justice, and animal protection and build a just, healthy, and humane future!
Application fee waived by contacting program director, Mary Pat Champeau, at marypat@humaneeducation.org.
Donate to Support Education for Sustainability
Our children are counting on us all to turn Spaceship Earth around. Our contribution is the different ways of thinking that characterize Education for Sustainability.
Your donation to The Cloud Institute gives us the flexibility to create new opportunities for the teachers, students and the communities we serve.