Time Magazine Honors IAHV Green Pocket Forests Director Neelam Patil

For her exceptional work of teaching children they can do something about climate change through Miyawaki forests, TIME Magazine named Patil Innovative Teacher of 2022. “Miyawaki forests bring together cutting-edge science, nature-based solutions, climate literacy, STEM education, and social-emotional learning. The Miyawaki method utilizes all the best parts of nature to address the harm done by humans. Mother Nature deserves reparations, and I believe that Miyawaki forests are the solution,” Patil said

Patil’s class is also the subject of a year-long documentary about students taking care of the Miyawaki forests, and the teacher is continuing to advocate for the California state legislature to fund Miyawaki forests in every schoolyard.

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