Sustainable+Future

=Educating for a Sustainable Future= Jamie P. Cloud

"Most people in the United States do not have a shared understanding of the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind required to make the shift toward a sustainable future. If they did, they would have learned them in school, because the foundations of our knowledge, skills, and habits of mind are cultivated in our schools" (p. 170). Jamie Cloud has developed the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education and is committed to providing curriculum and programs that promote mutually beneficial relationships in nature.
 * Summary:**

"We will strive to solve more than one problem at a time and minimize the creation of new problems" (p. 184).
 * Point to ponder:**


 * Discussion Connections:**

Mike G points out the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES, New York distribution of the k-12 sustainability curriculum it has developed. Sustainability is a timely, real-world theme whose importance and value must be impressed upon children. He thinks it would be feasible to implement this project with his students. Becky shares that one of her high schools has participated in an EnviroThon.

Based on comments left in VoiceThread, this did not seem to be one of the more popular programs or initiatives that our cohort selected as a focus for 21st century curriculum.

Cloud, J. P. (2010). Educating for a sustainable future. In H. H. Jacobs (Ed.), //Curriculum 21// (pp. 168-185). Alexandria, VA: ASCD.