Lauren Miller

Lauren Miller has taught numerous environmental programs, including 
at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, Pennsylvania; Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center, Wisconsin; Stratford Ecological Center, Ohio; and at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. Now a teacher of Environmental Education for first through fourth-grade students at the Birchwood School of Hawken, she instills in her students a dedication to making their community and world a better place, teaching them about nature, how they are affected by it, and how the world is affected by them. She brings her passion for experiential science into the classroom, emphasizing hands-on projects. She and her classes created a pollinator garden after much research, planning, fund raising, collaboration, and in-ground construction. Shortly after the creation of the garden, a local news anchor was heard on air saying how much he “hated bees.” Recognizing a teachable moment, she and her fourth-grade students invited him to their classroom, where they shared with him the value of pollinators for the environment. He then apologized on air to the bees for his previous remarks.