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Earth friendly classrooms are a must in today's world.  Teaching children to reuse, recycle, and reduce is a
major focus for many these days and modeling this behavior is just as important.  Locally, visit the RAFT
program in San Jose for a warehouse full of teacher's supplies and resources plus instructions to go along
with it for preschool through high school classes.  Consider taking field trips to local recycling programs
and encouraging children to participate where they can.  It's a big issue, but making it small enough for
them to grasp will teach children that anyone and everyone can make a difference.

As discussed on our Nature Page,  children who play regularly in natural environments show more
advanced motor fitness, including coordination, balance and agility, and they are sick less often.  They are
more creative, cooperative, happier and healthier when they have frequent and varied opportunities for play
in the out-of-doors.  Children who have contact with nature score higher on tests of concentration and
self-discipline. The greener, the better the scores.  The list of benefits goes on and on.  

A profound and moving article on the necessary bonds that children form as they develop and the need for
more time outdoors in nature is Building a Foundation for Compassionate Intelligence.  

Locally our Santa Cruz's Growing Up Magazine has a cover story in the August 2007 edition to alert parents
and educators of the need to help our children stay connected to nature.   Preserving the Connection
Between Children and the Natural World.
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