The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education

Join us at the Green Schools Conference on February 17-19, 2026 in San Diego, California for inspiring keynotes, expert-led sessions, hands-on workshops, and powerful networking opportunities on sustainability education!

Jaimie will be presenting and signing her new book Response-Able in the Green Book Zone on March 18 at lunch time!

The call for proposals is now closed, but there is still time to register! https://usgbc.cventevents.com/event/GSC2026/regProcessStep1

Here it is — the cover of Response-Able, Jaimie's new book.

We are excited to share this milestone with our community. The book will be available in just a few weeks!

Stay updated on the launch: cloudinstitute.org/enewsletter

🌍 There is still time to register for The Cloud Institute’s Annual Curriculum Design Studio!

🗓️ August 11–15, 2025

📍 Join us virtually from anywhere in the world — or in person at the beautiful Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY.

This immersive experience is designed for educators, curriculum designers, and school leaders who are ready to create transformative learning experiences for a sustainable future.

🔗 Learn more and secure your spot: https://cloudinstitute.org/curriculum-design-studio

We hope to see you there!

🎉 Tomorrow’s the big day! 🎉

We hope you’ll join us for the virtual launch of Response-Able: How to Live Well Over Time on Planet Earth—a new book by Jaimie P. Cloud that invites us all to reimagine our role in shaping a sustainable future.

This event is more than a celebration—it’s a moment to gather in community, hear excerpts from the book, and reflect together on how we can equip young people (and ourselves) to think differently, act courageously, and live well on this planet we all call home.

📅 Thursday, May 15, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST
📚 RSVP by pre-ordering your copy

If you believe in the power of education to change the world, we invite you to support the publishing of Response-Able by:
- Purchasing a ticket for tomorrow's pre-sale event
- Purchasing classroom sets as a gift to your favorite teachers or schools
- Making a donation to help bring this work to life and into more hands

Every gift helps bring the vision of a more sustainable, just, and joyful future closer to reality. We’d love to see you at the event!

With gratitude,
Jaimie and The Cloud Institute Team

https://cloudinstitute.org/response-able-book

📚 The pre-sale campaign for Jaimie’s book is still underway!

In this short video, Jaimie shares the inspiration behind the book—why she wrote it, who she wrote it for, and what readers can expect to find inside.

If you haven’t already, check it out and consider supporting the campaign. Every pre-order helps bring this important work to life!

👉 https://cloudinstitute.org/response-able-book

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Jaimie Cloud - Response-able: How to Live Well Over Time on Planet Earth

🎉 We are very excited to announce the upcoming release of Jaimie's book—Response-able: How to Live Well Over Time on Planet Earth! 🎉

This book is a transformative guide that empowers young people—and the young at heart—to envision and shape a sustainable future. Jaimie invites readers to reimagine their relationship with the world—and embrace their role in creating meaningful, lasting change. The book is ideal for classrooms, individual learning, and community practice.

✨ Pre-order your copy(ies) to support our pre-sale campaign and join us for the pre-sale launch event on May 15, 2025!



https://cloudinstitute.org/response-able-book

🌱 Three Decades of Transforming Sustainability Education!

In this Q&A with Ten Strands, Jaimie reflects on 30 years of transforming sustainability education — from shaping the field to empowering educators and inspiring the next generation.

Read more about her journey and vision:

Three Decades of Transforming Sustainability Education — Q&A with Jaimie Cloud - Ten Strands Jaimie Cloud, founder and president of The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, has dedicated her career to empowering students and educators with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to create a sustainable future. In this Q&A, she reflects on how her early experiences in global educ...

We are excited to share this new podcast with Jaimie Cloud! Empathy to Impact is a podcast designed for educators dedicated to global citizenship education.

In this episode, Jaimie and Scott explore the following guiding question: How can we bring sustainability into everyday teaching?

Key takeaways include:
- What Education for Sustainability is (and isn’t)
- Practical ways to integrate it into the curriculum
- How it inspires hope for the future

The Empathy to Impact podcast is produced by our friends and partners at Inspire Citizens, who focus on developing a whole-school approach to global citizenship education.

Empathy to Impact: Student Voices on Global Citizenship Education & Community Engagement | Talking Education for Sustainability with Jaimie Cloud Guiding Question How might we integrate education for sustainability into teaching and learning in schools?Key TakeawaysWhat is education for sustainability, and what is it not?How might we integra...

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟

We are happy to announce the launch of the fourth Micro-Credential, developed in partnership with the International Baccalaureate! 📚✨

Introducing: "Co-designing Educating for Sustainability Learning Experiences"

This Micro-Credential is designed to empower educators by providing the tools to:
✅ Unpack EfS enduring understandings, standards, and performance indicators.
✅ Develop assessments for and as learning that showcase student progress on a key EfS performance indicator.

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Fortaleciendo el Eje de Formación Ciudadana de la estrategia Impulso Educativo Coahuila, tuve el honor de reunirme con Jaimie P. Cloud, Presidenta del Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education. Juntos, impulsaremos la educación ambiental en .
La estrategia Impulso Educativo Coahuila es un proyecto que busca mejorar la educación en nuestro estado a través de 10 ejes clave. Y con la colaboración del The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, estamos dando un paso importante hacia la formación de ciudadanos conscientes y responsables con el medio ambiente.
Agradezco a Jaimie P. Cloud por su compromiso con la educación sostenible y su apoyo a nuestra iniciativa.

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We are very proud to announce that our friend and colleague Mathis Wackernagel, co-founder of the Global Footprint Network, was recently honoured by the Nobel Sustainability Trust for his groundbreaking contributions to sustainability!

Mathis is known for co-creating the Ecological Footprint, which has significantly influenced global conversations around sustainable resource use. This award recognizes his lifelong commitment to advancing sustainability science and policy and underscores the importance of integrating ecological limits into economic planning to ensure a livable planet for future generations.

Nobel Sustainability Trust Bestows Sustainability Awards upon our Co-Founder Mathis Wackernagel - Global Footprint Network Nobel Sustainability Trust bestows Sustainability Awards 2024 upon Global Footprint Network Co-Founder Mathis Wackernagel

We are excited to announce that Ana Celia Aguirre Villarreal, Co-founder and Director of Human Development at Universidad Carolina, has joined The Cloud Institute's Board of Directors!

With extensive experience in human flourishing, social-emotional learning, and community development, Ana Celia has been a driving force in creating educational programs that foster collaboration and trust, such as Aulas Alebrijes and the Leadership for Childhood Seminar.

Ana Celia’s career spans various leadership roles, including teaching at Tec Milenio, co-founding the first IB school in Coahuila, Mexico, and collaborating with prestigious institutions such as Harvard University and MIT. Her work extends to improving well-being in education globally, through the Wellbeing in Higher Education Network, and supporting teacher training through Atentamente, where she is a certified facilitator in socio-emotional skills.

We are thrilled to have Ana Celia on our Board, and we look forward to her insights as we continue to prepare K-12 students and educators for a sustainable future. Her expertise in building sustainable learning communities will strengthen our mission to inspire young people and educators to think critically about their relationship with the world and their ability to influence it.