Claims that the cooperation and collaboration necessary for an environmentally literate society must also be practiced in organizational structures. Provides an example of the Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario annual general meeting where an initial "power at the front" format changed to a meeting in a circle that fostered…

Summarizes findings from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry concerning the evaluation of data about hazardous substance release into the environment. Identifies the hazardous substances, exposure, health effects, and public health impact from 951 facilities identified on the National Priorities List (NPL) by the Environmental…

Presents results of a descriptive study of lung cancer death rates compared to county levels of radon in Washington State. Age-specific death rates were computed for white female smokers according to radon exposure. A significant lung cancer excess was found in lowest radon counties. No significant difference was found between the proportion of…

Highlander Research and Education Center, begun in 1932 by Myles Horton as Highlander Folk School, continues to provide adult education for empowerment and social change. Once active in labor organization and civil rights movements, the school now focuses on interrelated issues of economic development and environmental crisis in Appalachia. (SV)

Presents a geological tour of Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, cited as containing the greatest record of life in the Triassic Period. Discusses ancient ecosystems, fossil records, geologic formations, petroglyphs, the Anasazi settlements, Painted Desert, and other park features. Includes an illustration of the fossilization process,…

Provides written tour of Colorado Rockies along San Juan Skyway in which the geological features and formation of the mountain range is explored. Discusses evidence of geologic forces and products such as plate tectonic movement and the Ancestral Rockies; subduction and the Laramide Orogeny; volcanism and calderas; erosion, faulting, land…

Described and defined is the concept of environmental accounting: a means of adding up damage and change to the environment as a significant addition to economic indicators. An example is given. (CW)

Cleaning up, protecting, and enhancing the environment for future generation will require strong commitment and action from everyone. Only the participation of all can produce the changes needed to achieve a healthy environment and a strong economy in the 1990s and beyond. (Author/JOW)

Describes computer networks and conferences dedicated to environmental education and activism. Gives the electronic and surface mail addresses of contacts for the Association for Progressive Communications in 12 countries. (SK)

Discusses the maintenance of hiking trails in the United States using volunteer workers from clubs like the American Hiking Society. Describes the organization of the National Trails Day and other methods of promoting trail maintenance. (MDH)

Reports the results of a field trip to measure the intensity of electromagnetic fields generated by electronic devices in the home, in cars, at work, outside, and in places people visit during the day. Found that a person gets more intense exposure while working at a computer than by living next to an electrical substation. (MDH)

Argues that the religious right and conservative groups have taken up the cause to curtail environmental education in the classroom. Presents examples of incidents in which sanctions have been taken involving environmental curriculum. (MDH)

Discusses the use of community education to prevent wildfires in the western forests of the United States. Presents 10 tips homeowners can use to reduce wildfire threat. (MDH)

Discusses romantic metaphors about the natural world that pervade much of the programming in environmental and earth education, and their irrelevance for many people of non-European cultures and in inner cities. Suggests that environmental education emphasize direct experience in the natural world while using positive future-oriented metaphors to…

The concept of ecosystem signifies the study of living species and their physical environment as an integrated whole. Traces the historical development of the concept in Great Britain and America. (Contains 38 references.) (MDH)