Examines a newly developed high school textbook designed to achieve the four goals of environmental education: (1) knowledge and information; (2) skills, values, and attitudes; (3) behaviors; and (4) participation. (Author/CCM)

Condensed in this collection are ideas which should aid planners in developing state master plans for environmental education. Based on a review of such plans from eleven states, comments are directed toward five topics: (1) the need for an acceptable definition of environmental education, (2) some commonalities in the goals of environmental…

This paper is chapter 4 of the proceedings of the National Working Conference on Emerging Issues in Environmental Education. It concerns a survey sent to 300 U. S. environmental educators to determine their attitudes toward nine previously identified emerging issues in environmental education. The survey was sent before the conference to working…

The primary purpose of this publication is to introduce the reader to the background, framework, and central characteristics of Michigan's master plan for all environmental communication, education, and information programs. A second purpose of this article is to link the reader to selected theoretical and empirical research literature that…

Concerned with the need to develop an integrated, problem-solving environmental education program, UNESCO has sponsored a three-year project to research and evaluate existing programs and to retrain personnel. Reports will be presented at regional seminars, the Belgrade Workshop, and the International Workshop. (MA)

An appeal for schools to embark on a comprehensive environmental education program. (WY)

The past five years of a UNESCO-UNEP program in international environmental education are described in a year-by-year account. The program is to facilitate coordination, joint planning, and preplanning of activities essential to the development of an international program. (RE)

Argues that interdependence among all living systems on earth is a necessary element in solving environmental problems, stressing similarities among international political systems and cultures. The ultimate challenge of environmental education is to bring individuals of all ages to critical understanding of the oneness of the earth. (DH)

UNESCO-UNEP Programme aims, goals, and recommendations arising from the International Belgrade Workshop on Environmental Education in 1975 are detailed. Nine problem areas in international environmental education are defined. The need for general education at all levels to produce an environmentally literate world society is emphasized. (BT)

The efforts of UNESCO to promote environmental education since 1972 are discussed. Papers written, conferences organized, and research conducted in this effort are summarized. (CW)

Illustrates problems involved in controlling a public health disease (schistosomiasis) which is interwoven into a country's religious, economic, political, educational, and social systems. The strong relationship between the disease and development of irrigation systems is pointed out. A successful education and integrative program is described.…

Provides an overview of three environmental education workshops held in Sudan between 1983 and 1985. Explains the participants' involvement with curriculum design, curriculum structure development, and activity selection. Suggests that this program can serve as a model for national environmental education program development. (ML)

Indicates that the primary goal of global environmental education is to help foster a comprehensive understanding of the earth. Topics discussed include: living together in a single human ecosystem; a unified vision of the world environment; cultural barriers; global environmental education activities; and decisions made with regard to…

Paper developed in a graduate seminar in the Department of Resource Planning and Conservation, School of Natural Resources, The University of Michigan.