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Rita Brocke, RSM: "As a retired nurse and part-time nurse educator, I have had an ongoing concern about education lagging life’s experience, or what is happening around us. With the onslaught of ever changing media possibilities, my anxiety has intensified. At last, I have discovered an antidote to my growing concern- Earth Force. Nowhere had I seen Earth Force more effective than at the Youth Summit. Seven hundred 5th, 6th and 7th graders were effectively organized to learn about the environment. There, education was taking place with excitement. Their teachers were unlikely classroom teachers. They included ordinary citizens concerned about the environment, educated environmental practitioners, heads of organizations committed to negotiating differences arising from our concerns for keeping the environment healthy for all human inhabitants and animals, fish and plant species. The kids were learning “on the spot”. The students will never forget that day on Presque Isle. The day presented nature at its best, beautiful, full of surprises, learning negatives as well as positives about Earth and how we treat Earth.