What our clients are saying about Inventing the Future:

Let me thank you once again for the “Inventing the Future” course and the possibilities it affords my students. It gives them hope for the future, and even some tools to thrive. They invariably find the content

highly meaningful and unique to their futures.

-NYC “Inventing the Future” Teacher, Brooklyn

“Inventing the Future” helps students see their role in the political process. It is a flexible and comprehensive curriculum, easily integrated into any instructional plan.

-NYC Administrator, Bronx

Getting my students to talk about "inventing" the future causes them to think maybe there is one! I like how “Inventing the Future” gets them to think about cause and effect. It empowers them to have new beginnings in their own personal development.

-NYC “Inventing the Future” Teacher, Spring 2004

What is Inventing the Future?

Inventing the Future: Leadership and Participation for the 21st Century is a one-semester course which fulfills the Participation in Government requirement for secondary schools.  Read Inventing the Future's AED assessment.

Inventing the Future helps students to:

DEVELOP a sense of place and value local knowledge, in an effort to begin the process of restoring and improving the beauty, integrity, and health of the places in which we live and work.

EXPLORE the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizens in a democratic society, and study the range of ways in which to participate.

DISCOVER “the commons” in our communities and our society—that which is shared by all, upon which we are all dependent, and for which we are all responsible.

INVESTIGATE new ways of thinking about the relationship between society, the economy, and the environment.

ENVISION the future of our communities and develop quality of life indicators.

DOCUMENT and examine the assets (what do we have going for us?) and the liabilities (what are the challenges we are facing?) that exist in our communities.

RESEARCH the world of public policy and policymaking and how policies influence our lives and our future.

SCAN the driving forces that are at work in the world and develop projects that contribute to positive change (examples could include creating community gardens, school/community partnerships, policy recommendations to the City Council, street tree planting, etc.).

Learn more about Inventing the Future:  

Introduction

Table of Contents

Student Outcomes

Scope and Sequence

For more information

For more information on Inventing the Future, or to arrange to bring Inventing the Future  to your institution, please contact Marie-Claire Munnelly, Program Manager, at (212) 645-9930 ext *822 or marie-claire@sustainabilityed.org.

Sponsorship opportunities for Inventing the Future

For more information on how your company, organization or foundation can sponsor “Inventing the Future”, please contact Leah Mayor at (212) 645-9930 ext *824 or leah@sustainabilityed.org.