The Center for Learning with Nature

The Center for Learning with Nature (www.LearningWithNature.org) is a non-profit organization improving the lives of young people around the world by revolutionizing how school subjects are taught, integrating wonder and inspiration from the natural world into how schoolchildren learn daily. The natural world is a unique educational partner in enriching how schoolchildren learn science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEM/STEAM) in rigorous ways that simultaneously foster student engagement and creativity; prepares them for college/career; and raises their aspirations, skills, and resolve to create a thriving, sustainable world. Innovation inspired by Nature (also known as bio-inspired innovation, biomimicry, or biomimetics) is one of the fastest-growing drivers of breakthrough technology and design today – everything from biodegradable electronics, resistance-proof antibiotics, and life-friendly cities – providing incomparable opportunities to teach STEAM in a captivating as well as 21st century way. Through award-winning, standards-aligned, original curricula integrating STEAM education with Nature-inspired innovation, The Center for Learning with Nature helps teachers foster students' admiration of the amazing world we live in and their aspirations to create a human-built world that works with rather than against Nature, in order to enrich the educational experiences of students and accelerate humankind's transition to a more prosperous, equitable, and enduring way of life.