Sixty-three learning activities comprise this curriculum guide to conservation education designed for elementary students. The activities enable the teacher to relate the urban child's immediate environment to the ecological problems which confront our world. Four conceptual schemes are used for each of the four grades, K-3: Living things (plants,…

This is one of a series of units for environmental education developed by the Highline Public Schools. This unit on water is designed for seventh-grade science classes. Included are 13 lessons. Each lesson usually includes the concept of the lesson, materials needed, notes to the teacher, procedure, and evaluation activities. In addition, there…

This catalog represents the collection of the Environmental Conservation Library oF Minnesota (ECOL) as of September 1973, when it contained over 2,800 titles of books and government documents, augmented by periodicals and substantial numbers of pamphlets, papers, brochures, and related materials. The catalog includes an author and main entry…

This catalog supplement represents the additions to the collection of the Environmental Conservation Library of Minnesota (ECOL) from September 10, 1973 to September 17, 1976. The supplement contains 3,329 books and documents. The catalog includes an author and main entry catalog, a title catalog, a subject catalog, a pamphlet file, subject…

Energy development in western states has contributed to demands for new states' rights. Western states want a more active part in federal energy policy formulation. Article discusses recent intergovernmental relations, federal-state relations, and the effects of national energy, environmental, and related policies on energy resource development in…

Development and environment are two interconnected concepts and solutions to the problems of both can be found through "ecodevelopment." Inherent in this planning approach is an effort to meet the basic needs of a community while establishing true symbiosis between man and the planet. Educational effort at every level is necessary to make this…

In the future health educators must acknowledge the interrelationship between health and education; understand the changes both are undergoing; and take initiative in managing resources creatively, take an active part in the calculus of change, and accept and adapt to external forces that cannot be changed. (JD)

The author describes the Wisconsin Lake Management Program, the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality, and the role of the University of Wisconsin-Extension in a nontraditional area of public service education in bringing together county agents and lakeshore community leaders. (MF)

This article describes the development and content of the National Conservation Strategy for Australia (NCSA). The Australian Department of Arts, Heritage, and Environment has produced a teacher's guide designed to help teachers bring the content of the NCSA to their classroom. A description of the guide and ordering information are provided. (JDH)

Defines environmental education and articulates its aims and characteristics. Describes how environmental education is implemented in Australian schools. Concludes with a list of eight requirements for "environmental citizenship." (JDH)

States that the study of world views and philosophy of history is a prerequisite to effective education in environmental ethics. Offers historical perspectives on western society's conceptions of cycles, providence, and progress. Also provides suggestions for facilitating the emergence of a world view that is based on ecological principles. (ML)

Describes the technology curriculum for eighth graders at the Greece Central School District in New York. The curriculum features technology program/library cooperation to let students produce video programming. (CH)

Compiles a series of direct quotations from six governmental reports that reflect a scientific consensus on major aspects of acid deposition. Presents the statements in a question and answer format. Also reviews the sources, extent, and effects of acid rain. (ML)

Analyzed 3,056 articles in four magazines ("Audubon,""Environment,""Time," and "Saturday Review" from 1959 to 1979) to determine their role in the diffusion of an ideology of social change (environmentalism) and its translation over time into substantive concerns. (PD)

A series of nine articles discusses the viability of supervised occupational experience programs (SOEPs) in forestry, conservation, and recreation; pros and cons of vocational agricultural preparation for recreation management and forestry occupations; the school farm as a conservation laboratory; the importance of SOEPs in forestry; and forestry…