Connecting what’s good for students to what’s good for the planet.
What does The Climascope Project do?
We provide professional development that’s actually fun.
Interactive and hands-on sessions model learner-centered teaching while giving educators time to plan, reflect, and take action.
We align a district’s strategic plan to their climate and sustainability goals.
If they don’t have any, we co-create them together.
We make the work easier and more joyful.
By connecting people, ideas, tools, and stories, environmental education can energize classrooms and remind us what truly matters—without adding to teachers' already full plates.
What’s a future-ready school?
A future-ready school* connects four areas:
Curriculum: Students engage with environmental learning at the core of their education—learning outdoors, collaborating with communities, and solving real-world challenges. The curriculum equips them with the skills, knowledge, and networks to thrive in the green and blue economy or bring a sustainability lens to any college or career pathways they pursue.
Campus: Schools model sustainability, health, and resilience by investing in solar-powered HVAC systems, shaded green schoolyards, rainwater catchments, and microgrids and other modern infrastructure. These efforts minimize disruptions, reduce costs in the long run, provide access to nature and healthy, locally grown food, and serve as powerful teaching tools.
Community: Future-ready schools form reciprocal partnerships with tribal, community, and cultural education organizations. Programs unite people around sustainability and health, while strategic collaborations with local groups drive meaningful change. School communities expand their understanding of community to include plants, animals, land, and water, recognizing the interdependence between humans and nature.
Culture: Environmental sustainability principles are woven into mission, vision, values, and graduation outcomes. The school community "walks" and "talks" these principles in education, extracurriculars, counseling, physical wellness, and mental heath.
This model draws inspiration from the Sustainable Schools Project, Plymouth University, Andra Yeghoian of Ten Strands, and GSNN’s GreenPrint. The diagram itself is a Western adaptation of the Japanese concept of Ikigai, meaning joy and purpose in everyday life.
