Jaimie P. Cloud is a sustainability

Sustainability

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...

 educator and advocate in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. Cloud has been recognized for her contributions to the fields of sustainability education and school reform. She is the founder and president of the nonprofit Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, formerly known as the Sustainability Education Center at the American Forum for Global Education.

About

Cloud is formerly of the Midwestern United States

Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....

, and taught global studies

Global Studies

Global studies, in its broadest definition is the academic study of political, economic, social and cultural relationships of the world. Furthermore, it can also include the study of political and cultural processes, the impacts of globalisation, markets and communications. Global Studies...

 curriculum in New York City public schools

New York City Department of Education

The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. It is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,700 separate schools...

 before founding the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education. Currently, "Cloud teaches extensively, and writes and facilitates the collaborative development of numerous instructional units

Curriculum

See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...

 and programs that are designed to teach core courses across the disciplines through the lens of sustainability and to inspire young people

Youth

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 to think about the world, their relationship to it, and their ability to influence it in an entirely new way."

Affiliations

Cloud is the chair of Communities for Learning, Inc. and co-chair of The Harbor education task force of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance

Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance

The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance is a nonprofit that works to influence the development and use of the waterfront, shoreline, and connected upland areas of northern New Jersey and New York City and other areas of the New York City metropolitan region...

. She is a member of the advisory committee of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, the international advisory committee for the Tbilisi+30 Conference, the planning committee for Education for Sustainability of the North American Association for Environmental Education

North American Association for Environmental Education

The North American Association for Environmental Education states its mission as promoting "excellence in environmental education and serves environmental educators for the purpose of achieving environmental literacy in order for present and future generations to benefit from a safe and healthy...

, and the Sustainability Education Planning Committee for the National Association of Independent Schools

National Association of Independent Schools

The National Association of Independent Schools is a U.S.-based membership organization for private, nonprofit, K-12 schools. Founded in 1963, NAIS represents independent schools and associations in the United States, including day, boarding, and day/boarding schools; elementary and secondary...

. Cloud serves on the Ecozone advisory board of Eco Media, Inc., and the editorial board of the International Journal of Education for Sustainable Development.

Interviews

• "Not Instant Orange Juice — Educating for Sustainability," Leverage Points. 78.
• "Education for a Sustainable World," Bioneers.