March 7, 2025

Teaching

'Nature-filled schools with hands-on and active learning and play opportunities calm students, reduce aggressive behavior, and improve learning outcomes.'

Kids are burning out. Schools That Heal shows how using evidence based, trauma-informed design to create supportive school environments can help. Nature-filled spaces promote well-being and learning outcomes. Who knew?

Kids are burning out. Schools That Heal shows how using evidence based, trauma-informed design to create supportive school environments can help. Nature-filled spaces promote well-being and learning outcomes. Who knew?

"Overwhelming anxiety now affects nearly two-thirds of young adults. It has surpassed depression as the number one reason college students seek counseling."

"Being in nature helps students play cooperatively and creatively. Neighborhoods and schools with more trees have less crime and stronger social ties than neighborhoods and schools with less. By remaking schools to become welcoming, healthy, safe, and productive, we create models for students and the community to experience, learn from, and emulate in the larger world." - Claire Latané

BOOK EXCERPT: Schools That Heal: How School Environments Shape Mental, Social, and Physical Health

Teaching

Building futures literacy in the transition from study to working life.

PDF BOOK: Futures Lab Playbook

Teaching

“What happens in classrooms today is what will happen in society tomorrow.”

VIDEO: Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here's How

Teaching

Free education classes that equip people with the tools to actively engage in movements for justice and peace

WEBSITE: The Sojourner Truth School For Social Change Leadership

Teaching

"A remarkable story of self-possession under the most dehumanizing circumstances"

ARTICLE: The Remarkable Untold Story of Sojourner Truth