Illustrates a range of alternatives to the position and criteria outlined in the qualitative research guidelines drafted at the 1997 annual meeting of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). Proposes that the process and conduct of judging the quality of qualitative research in environmental education research requires…

Finds that the term "environmental education" is finding decreasing support in the international community. Reviews reasons why environmental education's position is in peril. Offers a status report on the current criticisms and weaknesses of environmental education. (Author/CCM)

Points out the difficulties of the evolution to a sustainable agriculture curriculum, specifically at college level. Lists contrasting concepts of agricultural models. (Contains 18 references.) (YDS)

Students in the Audubon Expedition Institute's undergraduate and graduate degree programs in environmental education get direct experience in dealing with community environmental issues. The model follows Kolb's stages of observation/reflection, concrete experience, abstraction/generalization, and application. (SK)

Introduces Global 200, a new science-based approach to the conservation of wildlife. Includes a glossary, the Wild World map, Wild World activity ideas, and a resources list. (YDS)

Develops a theory of metaphor that helps explain how environmental education contributes to the double bind of helping to address environmental problems while at the same time reinforcing the use of the language-thought patterns that underlie the digital phase of the Industrial Revolution that we are now entering on a global scale. (Author/SAH)

Discusses the relationship between education and sustainability. Sustainability means humans, as individuals and societies, consciously trying to go with the grain of nature. Learning to understand the natural world and the human place in it can only be an active process through which our sense of what counts as going with the grain of nature is…

Describes the Purple Loosestrife Project, an innovative outreach and educational program to provide a biological control of purple loosestrife. Involves cooperation of community, teachers, and students. (YDS)

An extension project sold 4,000 radon kits; 46% were returned for testing and 23% of homes were at risk. Interviews with 100 of those at risk found that only 41% believed they had a problem; women and college graduates were more likely than men and high school graduates to believe it. Of those who believed they had a problem, only 63% took any…

Proposes that environmental educators refocus their attention on the study of nature to reach the goal of environmental literacy. (MDH)

Provides the transcript of an interview with Kathleen McGinty, the head of the Office of Environmental Policy, a new office created by the Clinton Administration. (MDH)

Two contrasting sets of ideas about nature in environmental education are described. An analytical framework is developed from interdisciplinary histories of ideas and used in evaluating a specific curriculum. In conclusion, some general implications are suggested for curricula in environmental education. (Author)

Identifies elements of science education that are conducive to environmental awareness and congruent with reconstructive or revisionary postmodernism. Discusses the nature of and criticisms of modernism and the role of modern science in the environmental crisis. Identifies developments in postmodern science that supersede modern science.…

Identifies nine ongoing environmental education programs for preschool children which tend to share many common characteristics and serve primarily children from white, middle-class backgrounds. (Author/MKR)

Introduces Earth Day. Encourages the use of reading, writing, and theme immersion to increase student participation in such activities. Provides information on several organizations which students can obtain concerning environmental awareness. Recommends reading materials that can be obtained in hard copy as well as on the Internet. (MOK)