The population growth together with the unsustainable consumption pattern is putting increasing stress on the planet's natural resources. The increasing realisation that humans are harming the environment is taking the form of a global movement intended to change behaviour towards sustainability, now recognised as a framework that links humans to…

This book, prepared in the context of the "UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)", also known as "Rio+20", contains the papers submitted to the "World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2012)", which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 5 and 6 June 2012. It pursues the following main aims: to document and…

There is widespread consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is happening and that abrupt and irreversible impacts are already set in motion. What part does education have to play in helping alleviate rampant climate change and in mitigating its worst effects? In this volume, contributors review and reflect upon…

This document reports a study of school-based kindergarten through 12th grade environmental education (EE) programs. The study was developed to gather baseline information on the status of EE, identify education reform initiatives and explore their possible interactions with EE, and provide an overview of institutional needs and the factors that…

This bibliography contains 442 journal article, book, and audiovisual citations on global warming and the greenhouse effect entered into the National Agricultural Library's AGRICOLA database between January 1979 and March 1992. The bibliography contains an author and subject index as well as information on obtaining documents. (LZ)

This EE (Environmental Education) Toolbox resource is the script for a slide show designed for use in EE workshops with classroom teachers. It provides an introduction and overview of EE organized around six topic modules: overview, benefits, questions, case study, resources, and summary. (MKR)

Because man and nature are inextricable entities sharing the common lifespace of earth, there is an urgent need to create cooperative living habitats on a global scale. Cooperative living habitats (CLHs) are settings in which man and nature coexist and prosper. In order to create and maintain CLHs, human beings must be nature sensitive and culture…

This report of the Southern Highlands Environmental Project (SHEP) in North Carolina describes its initiation, needs assessment, teacher institute, classroom implementation, outcomes, and dissemination. The purpose of this project was to prepare and support Appalachian teachers in leading their students in investigations of local and regional…

The goal of environmental education is to develop an environmentally literate citizenry, thus environmental education focuses on empowering individuals to deal effectively with positive and negative relationships between people and their environments. In 1993, the Secretaries Advisory Group on Environmental Education (SAGEE) subcommittee on…

This book describes Project Puffin, a project which aimed to bring puffins that have been threatened with local extinction back to the coast of Maine. The book describes puffins, how they adapted to their ocean environment, how they catch fish, socialize, nest in burrows, and raise their young. (JRH)

This document contains lesson plans about recycling for teachers in grades K-12. Titles include: (1) "Waste--Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?" (2) "Litter Detectives," (3) "Classroom Paper Recycling," (4) "Recycling Survey," (5) "Disposal and Recycling Costs," (6) "Composting…

Achieving a balance of resources, population and the environment is a major challenge. This booklet offers specific things that can be done to lessen individual environmental impact. Seven sections contain 150 one-paragraph suggestions that cover the topics of: (1) cleaning up the air pollution and combating ozone layer depletion; (2) preserving…

This booklet contains information on K-12 resources for population education. Each of 91 entries contains standard bibliographic information, prices, International Standard Book Numbers, appropriate grade levels, and a short description of the product. Resource areas include: (1) books on population; (2) books on the environment; (3) books geared…

A conference was held to improve the environmental awareness of colleges in such areas as energy conservation, waste management, transportation policy, and use of grounds. This document contains the presentations of speakers who attended the conference. Chapter 1, "Greening Further and Higher Education" (Shirley Ali Khan), discusses the…

This report reflects the work of the Commission on Environmental Education created and authorized to study environmental education in the state of New Jersey. The commission identified the knowledge, attitudes, values, behaviors and skills that should be communicated, developed, and/or nurtured among the state's citizenry. A list of…