Based on the idea that, to create a long-lasting, deeply held environmental ethic, environmental education must address human alienation from the natural world, this article examines gardening as a means to help students connect with nature in a very profound way. (LZ)

Approaches development education as part of a year-long, schoolwide emphasis on the theme of caring. Argues that development education takes on a personal meaning and a heightened emotional power. (CCM)

In Japan, formal schooling activities concerning gardens and nature are overlaid on a foundation constructed by the culture and the socialization process. A gardener and parent living in Japan seeks to understand gardens within the culture to translate some of the approaches for use in other countries. (LZ)

Explains how environmental education is important for Namibians, considering the environmental problems that they face. Describes the two organizations directing environmental education programs in Namibia, the Integrated Rural Development of Nature Conservation (IRDNC) and the AfriCat Foundation. (YDS)

This author contends that observing and understanding natural succession is far more valuable to students than memories of planting lonely seedlings in a schoolyard. An approach that provides a richer experience using an holistic approach to habitat restoration is explored. (LZ)

Surveys the field of humane education and explores its connection with human rights and environmental education. (MKR)

Explains five concepts that are vital for the design or implementation of programs on global climate change. Discusses different approaches for how global climate change should be taught. (Contains 20 references.) (YDS)

This teacher contends that a big part of culture is food and that what we eat and the way in which food is grown, prepared, and celebrated varies greatly from culture to culture. Ideas for teaching strategies that use gardens to explore multiculturalism are provided. (LZ)

Three teachers demonstrate that fund raising at schools can promote global responsibility. This article describes the environmental education value of fund-raising efforts. (LZ)

Describes environmental education in Russia, including the Association for Environmental Education (ASEKO), a facilitator for cooperation between ecologists, teachers, and environmental activists. (MKR)

Argues that, despite decades of increasing scientific evidence on the public awareness of the state of the environment, the secondary education curricula has failed to respond. Discusses a back-to-basics model of secondary education. (CCM)

Presents a car trip reduction program focusing on developing and raising awareness of the health, financial, and environmental benefits of more sustainable transportation. (YDS)

Points out how living systems can be used in classrooms as an excellent interdisciplinary teaching tool. Explains how to build a simple desktop living system. (YDS)

Vernal pools are unique habitats that appear in springtime. Includes activity suggestions for both classroom and field studies related to vernal pools. (YDS)

Presents two activities--what humans need and global resource bank--that focus on developing an understanding among middle and high school students of the difference between wants and needs. (YDS)