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EVENTS
1-Day
Intro to EfS Workshop
July 10th, 2011
5-Day
EfS Summer Design Studio
July 11th-15th, 2011
Camp
Snowball
July 21-25th, 2011
BOOKSTORE
View the Cloud Bookstore for EfS units of study, curricula, design tools and more...
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June
2011
In
this Issue...
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Cloud News
EfS Summer Design Studio and Workshops; The
Cloud Institute In the News
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Program Highlights
NJ Learns Keystone Year: Two-day Workshop Recap; SoL Education
Partnership Heads to Camp Snowball; Digi IF Pilot Retrospective
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Exciting Opportunities
Yes! Magazine Offers for Educators
CLOUD NEWS
EfS Summer Design Studio and Workshops*
Are you ready to educate for sustainability and collaborate with a community of educators? There are still spots available for our summer workshops, so register now!
We are offering a fantastic package rate to register for the 1-day Introduction to Education for Sustainability Workshop*, and the 5-day EfS Summer Design Studio. The 1-day workshop provides the background knowledge needed to build a shared understanding of EfS. The work that follows takes the broader concepts learned in day one, and provides the tools and skills to place them within the context of classrooms, schools and communities. Single or group registrations are available. Lunch and workshop materials will be provided.
Location | New York, NY
Time | Sun-Fri 9am - 4:30pm
Cost | PACKAGE DISCOUNT $945 (reg. $1050)
Not sure if you're ready for the deep dive?
Sign up for the 1-day Intro to EfS workshop and build from there!
In this workshop, we will create a learning community that engages participants in activities that combine systems thinking, sustainable economics, and the science of sustainability. This 1-day workshop is designed to increase participants’ awareness, knowledge, and a shared understanding of sustainability and the core concepts, knowledge, skills, and attitudes that characterize education for sustainability. Single or group registrations are available. Lunch and
workshop materials will be provided.
Location | New York, NY
Time | Sun. 9am-4:30pm
Cost | $150
The
Cloud Institute In the News
Sustainability blogger Matthew
Courtland wrote The Promise of Sustainability Education, an article that was recently featured in the online news outlet,
Environmental Leader: Environment and Energy Management News. Courtland thoughtfully summarizes the of work several organizations, including The Cloud Institute.
We were thrilled to be included in the article and are looking forward to Matthew's interview of Jaimie, to be published on his website in the coming
months.
Read
the full article here...
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
NJ Learns Keystone Year: Two-Day Workshop Recap | By
Moira Wilkinson
“Can we take a group picture? I feel really connected to these people and would love to see a picture of us on our homepage to remind me of our time together.”
~ NJ Learns Keystone Year participant
Thursday, May 26th marked the beginning of the fourth cohort of NJ Learns and it was just about noon on Friday May 27th that one of the participants said this to me. As a social scientist, I’m always studying group dynamics. As an educator, I’m always studying how people learn. His comment was confirmation to me that I wasn’t the only one noticing that something big was happening.
Read
the full recap on our blog...
SoL
Education Partnership and Camp Snowball
Educators, Students, Community Leaders, Business Leaders—come to Tucson this July for Camp Snowball—you never dreamed it could be so cool!
In today’s world, critical thinking skills are essential to manage the complexity we are facing. Our schools can help build students’ capacities to be global citizens and prepare them for their future. By including a systems approach and sustainability education in the classroom, the school, and the community, today’s youth can become tomorrow’s leaders.
Join us in Tucson from July 21-25, 2011 for Camp Snowball!
Learn
more and register here...
Digi
IF Pilot Retrospective
We recently wrapped up our
pilot for the Digi IF program, and are thrilled to share with you a few
highlights from the program. Digi IF is a condensed digital version of our Inventing the Future: Leadership and Participation for the 21st Century Curriculum. Inventing the Future is designed to challenge high-school students to become leaders of a sustainable local and global community. Through Digi IF, students learn to become active citizens, envisioning the kind of future they want for their communities, and provide action plans to support sustainable community development.
The Digi IF Retrospective
Booklet illuminates some of the student interactions
and work from the program's first week. We are excited to revamp
Digi IF for the 2011-2012 school year, and will sending out a call for
interested teachers in the months to come. We are grateful to iEARN
for their program partnership, and thankful for the Bay and Paul Foundations for their
generous support.
To
view the Digi IF Retrospective booklet, click here...
EXCITING
OPPORTUNITIES
Yes!
Magazine Offers for Educators
YES! Magazine's Education Outreach Program brings powerful ideas and practical actions to classrooms nationwide.
Yes! is dedicated to deepening students’ understanding of contemporary issues and inspiring them to take charge—not be overwhelmed—of their world.
You’ll find outstanding resources on peace and justice, sustainability, happiness, and more, including a website with over 3,000 articles searchable by topic; a quarterly writing competition; curriculum; an e-newsletter sent eight times a year; and a free subscription program for classroom teachers and school librarians.
Thanks to the generosity of YES! Magazine donors, grades 6-university classroom teachers and school librarians can apply for a free one-year introductory magazine subscription.
Sign
up here!
Queen of the Sun is premiering in Brooklyn, NY at the IndieScreen on June 24th-30th! We are proud to announce the National Theatrical Release of the new award-winning, grass-roots feature documentary, Queen of The Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from Taggart Siegel, critically acclaimed director of the grass-roots hit The Real Dirt on Farmer John. Recognized by Box Office Magazine as “The feel-good advocacy movie of the year.”
View the
trailer...
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