Jaimie P. Cloud, President

                                    The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education

                                                       307 7th Avenue, Suite 1201

                                                             New York, NY 10001

                                                             212-645-9930 x *823

                                                     Jaimie@sustainabilityed.org

Educator, Speaker, Author, Curriculum Developer, Consultant

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education (Formerly, The Sustainability Education Center)

1995-Present     Founder and President

1984-1995         Director for Program, The American Forum for Global Education

 

CONSULTANCIES AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Recent)

Principle Partner, Society for Organizational Learning (SOL) Education Partnership

Chair, Board of Directors, Center for the Study of Expertise in Teaching and Learning, NY

Chair, Board of Directors, Green Map System, NY

Member, Education Advisory Committee, Buckminster Fuller Institute, NY

Consultant, The National Park Service, Staten Island, NY

Advisor, National Association of Independent Schools, Washington, DC

Advisor, American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York, NY

Member, National Conference Planning Committee, North American Association for Environmental Education, Washington, DC

Member, Advisory Committee, School Power Naturally Project, NY State Energy Authority, NY

Member, Advisory Committee, 3rd National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment, National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, D.C.

Member, Environmental Education Coalition, Washington, D.C.

Member, Planning Committee (former), Fleet Youth Entrepreneurship Day, NY

Judge, Quality of Life Competition, WISE (Working in Support of Education), NY

Delegate, Building Bridges for Sustainability Education in Eastern and Central Europe, Center for a Sustainable Future and Trust for Public Understanding

Member, Education Committee, Sustainable America: A National Town Meeting, May, 1999, Detroit, MI,

Member, Steering Committee, Sustainability and the Reform of Secondary Schools: A Northeast  Initiative, NH

 Trainer, The Natural Step

 Advisory Committee Member, Metro East Climate Impacts Assessment Workshop, Columbia University, New York, NY

 Consultant, The Brooklyn Children’s Museum Exhibit Department, NY

 Education Consultant, CD ROM Project, “This Place Called Home: Tools for Sustainable Communities"

 Education Consultant, Vincent Ciulla Design (a Museum Exhibition Design Firm)

 Consultant and Curriculum Writer for the Y.W.C.A of the U.S.A on Civil Society and

 Sustainable Communities for the Education for Global Responsibility Program

Resource Faculty Member, Getty Center/College Board Collaborative Project, The Role of the Arts in Unifying the High School Curriculum

SELECTED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS and WORKSHOPS (Last five Years)

2006

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

Unity Charter School, Morristown, NJ

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

Windrush School,East Bay Independent Schools Association El Cerrito, CA

 

2005

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

Unity Charter School, Morristown, NJ

Inventing the Future: Leadership and Participation for the 21st Century

NYC Public Schools, NYC   2002-present

Business and Entrepreneurship Education for the 21st Century

NYC Public Schools, NYC   2002-present

Working Toward a Sustainable Future

The Graduate Center, City University of New York , NYC

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

Does the Modern World Need a New Economic Model?

Sustainability Education Symposium

North American Association of Environmental Education Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM

Keynote:  Project Based Learning

Questar III, Castleton on Hudson, NY

Graduate Course Environmental Education Methods: The Principles & Paradigms of

Educating for Sustainability

Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, NH

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

National Association of Independent Schools, Summer Institute, Darrow School, NH

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

St. Phillip’s Academy, Newark, NJ

Advanced Institute in Education for Sustainability

Riveredge Nature Center, Newburg, WI

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

E.E. Just Institute, Kimball Union Academy, Lebanon, NH

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

School of Nations, Brasilia, Brazil

 Working Toward a Sustainable Future

The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NYC

Education for Sustainability

Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education Winter Workshop, Stevens Point, WI

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

National Association of Independent Schools Conference, San Diego, CA

Introduction to Sustainability

Southern Environmental Center, Birmingham, AL

 

2004

Sustainability-Educating for the Future

US EPA Science Forum 2004: Healthy Communities and Ecosystems, Washington, D.C.

Introduction to Sustainability

Catchogue Schools, Mattituck, NY

The Role of Living Institutions in Educating for Sustainability

Bronx Today, Tomorrow, Forever: Living Institutions and Education for Sustainability, Bronx, NY

Baha’i Education Conference, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States  Orlando, FL

North American Association for Environmental Education Conference

Rock Spring, GA

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

Olathe, KS

Sustainable Business Practices

International Conservation Union (IUCN), Johannesburg, S.A.

Education for Sustainability

Baum Forum, NYC

Introduction to Sustainability

US EPA Hazardous Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, Washington, D.C.

Education for Sustainability

UNESCO Associated Schools Conference, Jackson, WY

Keynote and Full Day Workshop:  Educating for a Sustainable Future

Pennsylvania Governor’s Institute, PA

Connecting Conservation Education and Education for Sustainability

New York University Wallerstein, NY

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

Teacher Environmental Education Program Symposium, Albany, NY

Public Education and Homeland Security

The Role of Public Education, Homeland Security Conference, John Jay College, NY

Sustainable Economics

New York City Council for Social Studies Metro Conference

Women Entrepreneurs on Sustainable Business

Grace Institute, Continuing Education Program

K-12 Content of Education for Sustainability

National Council for Science and the Environment

System Dynamics, Common Pool Resources and Indicators

International Social Studies Schools Association Conference

Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century, Olathe, KS

Indicators

New York State Council for Social Studies

System Dynamics, Common Pool Resources and Indicators

Park Slope Food Coop Community Education Program, Brooklyn, NY

Sustainable Food Systems

Just Food Summit, NY

New York City Region 2 Social Studies Conference

Working Towards a Sustainable Future

City University of New York Graduate Center, NY

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

Willow School

Keynote: Introduction to Sustainability

Earth Care Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Earth Charter and Education Panelist

US Cultural Center

Introduction to Sustainability and Design

Society for Organizational Learning, Business and Sustainability Conference

Introduction to Sustainability

Solebury School, PA

Introduction to Sustainability

Center for the Study of Expertise in Teaching and Learning, NY

 

2000-2003

Connecting Standards and the Real World in Your Classroom

NYC Public Schools, NYC  1995-2003

Museum Education and Sustainable Communities

New York City Museum Educators Roundtable, City University of New York Graduate Center, NY

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

Citywide Career Technical Educators Directors Meeting

World Summit on Sustainable Development, US State Department, Rio + Ten Report and IUCN workshop on Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship Education

Johannesburg, South Africa

Co-Author, Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade Education for Sustainability  

A chapter in Stumbling Toward Sustainability,  A Rio + Ten Report from the U.S.

Published by The Environmental Law Institute, 2002, Washington. D.C.

What is Important to Teach? Post-September 11 Panel

New York Metropolitan Social Studies Conference, NY

Business and Economics Education for the 21st Century

National Academy Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA

Sustainability Education K-12 and Across the Disciplines

Manlius Pebble Hill School, Syracuse, NY

Entrepreneurship for Sustainability

Fleet Youth Entrepreneurship Winners, NY

Introduction to Education For Sustainability

NYSAIS Headmasters Conference

Introduction to Education for Sustainability

New York State Association of Independent Schools, Headmaster Conference, Mohonk, NY

Business and Entrepreneurship Education for the 21st Century

New York City Board of Education, Business Education Department Chair Meeting, NY

Educating for a Sustainable Future

Global Environmental Alliance-China, Beijing

Educating for Sustainability

Good Company, Eugene, OR

The Characteristics of Leadership and Participation in Sustainable Communities

The New York State Association of Independent Schools, NY

The Sustainable Campus & the Ecological Footprint

Education for a Sustainable Future: A Dialogue with Practitioners

Ecological Economics

Sustainability and the Reform of Secondary Schools: A Northeast Initiative, NH

 PUBLICATIONS

Articles

Cloud, Jaimie P. (2005). Some Systems Thinking Concepts for Environmental Educators during the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Applied Environmental Educations and Communication: an International Journal, Volume 4, Number 3, July – September 2005. 225-228.

Cloud, Jaimie P. (2005). Education for Sustainability: What is Its Core Content?. NAAEE Communicator, Autumn Vol.35/NO.4   pg 1, 10.

Cloud, Jaimie P. (2005) Book Review, Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World.   NAAEE Communicator, Autumn Vol.35/NO.4  pg 5.

Cloud, Jaimie P., Federico, Carmela. Byrne, Jack. Wheeler, Keith. (2003). Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Education for Sustainability. Environmental Law Institute,. 10117-10131.

Cloud, Jaimie P. (2000). Foreword. Education for a Sustainable Future: A Paradigm of Hope for the21st Century. Wheeler, Keith., Perraca Bijur.

Courses and Units

  Ecological Economics for Life

  Introduction to Sustainability

  Introduction to Education for Sustainability

  Changing Consumption Patterns

  Core Content and Habits of Mind of Education for Sustainability

  From Global Hunger to Sustainable Food Systems

  Business and Entrepreneurship Education for the 21st Century (BEE 21)

  Inventing the Future: Leadership and Participation for the 21st Century (“Inventing the Future”)

 

EDUCATION

1998-2001 Doctoral Work  in Environmental Psychology.

Center for Human Environments, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York

1984 Masters Degree in International Administration.

Emphasis on organizational development and change and cross-cultural communication

School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont

1980 Bachelor of Arts Degree.

Emphasis on World Literature, Political Science and Photography.

Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont.

1975-77 Photography Major.

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

 

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