How can we take sustainability beyond science class, and see it as something that can be taught in any subject? What role does education play in helping us protect our planet for future generations? And how can we support educators who want to bring sustainability into their classrooms? Caroline Preston, Managing Editor of the Hechinger Report, interviews Oren Pizmony-Levy, Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Futures at Teachers College, along with two teachers who are already answering these questions in their own schools: Judith Felice is a math teacher at George J. Ryan Middle School in Queens, New York, and Ericka Blake is a special education teacher at the Women’s Academy of Excellence in The Bronx, New York. They’ve each found ways to bring sustainability into the curriculum, and share how their students and fellow educators have responded to their efforts.

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