Editor's Note: In this newsletter, we focus on nature and all she can teach us: students take on the challenge of recycling styrofoam, trees use their vast root system to communicate with each other, and educators discuss how integrating nature into the classroom might benefit children's physical, mental, and emotional well being. --Daniela

Recycling styrofoam? Watch how a group of teenagers took on the challenge that many people said was impossible to solve.

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Explore the vast root system and intricate communication of trees in this video.

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Listen to a discussion on how to integrate nature into the classroom at all levels of a young person's education, and how this practice might benefit children's physical, mental, and emotional well being.

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Be The Change Idea

Albert Einstein said, "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." This week, reflect on how you can bring more of nature into your classroom and your own life.