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Though it always seems a bit odd to those of us who value it for its own intrinsic sake, the environmental science community has more than once in the last few years attempted to figure out just what nature is worth. Trees always loom large in these assessments. They provide more “services” than you can shake a twig at. And now, it seems we can add one more to the list: Trees help prevent asthma.

I did the Advanced Theory U workshop last week with Otto Scharmer and his folks from the Presencing Institute. Interesting people - deep conversations and connections. Here is Otto talking about what inspires him, what is Theory U and how he sees it practically working in the world. WR