Findings of a field study in which subjects drank more often from a screened water fountain than from one without such barriers. Generally confirmed the hypothesis that the presence of architectural constructs which reduce the impact of one individual on another will moderate reaction to invasion of personal space. (DT)

This pamphlet utilizes illustrations and captions to indicate the demands currently made on our water resources and the problems associated with that demand. Current and future solutions are described with suggestions for personal conservation efforts to help provide enough clean water for everyone in the future. (CS)

Article evaluated the teacher's role in developing an effective course in the study of environmental education. (RK)

There appears to be a trend in children's books to develop ecological awareness. (JH)

Any school yard - gullies, gravel, weeds and all - can make kids aware of environmental concepts. (Editor)

Article described an experiment in which students learned to investigate the sound of water particles falling over rocks as well as the change in composition of rocks as they travel along the riverbed. (RK)

As a conference report, the booklet is primarily devoted to abstracts of papers presented at a Conference on Environment and Humanities held in Tallahassee, Florida, April 25-27, 1976. Dr. Huston Smith of Syracuse University, the main speaker, addressed the issue of "Humanities and Environmental Awareness." Other topics discussed…

One hundred and fourteen entries comprise this general bibliography on land use, zoning, city planning, and the relationship on the environment. Most of the sources date from 1973 through 1975. The bulk of the documents are commercially published books, research reports, and studies. Citations are alphabetized by author and include the title index…

This booklet begins with a discussion of the study of demography. Included also are: a description of the work of a demographer; an example situation employing the demographer's expertise; limitations of demographical analysis; uses of demography; demographical analysis of age distribution; population pressures on society; where demographers are…

This is a report on teacher-designed population education, a project that was a joint venture of the Rhode Island Education Association, the National Education Association, and the University of Rhode Island. The project gave 15 Rhode Island teachers an opportunity to learn about population education and to design their own teaching procedures.…

This paper is chapter 4 of the proceedings of the National Working Conference on Emerging Issues in Environmental Education. It concerns a survey sent to 300 U. S. environmental educators to determine their attitudes toward nine previously identified emerging issues in environmental education. The survey was sent before the conference to working…

Included are annotated citations of articles, books, dissertations, directories, conference proceedings, reports, speeches , and bibliographies, most of them published during the first six months of 1968. Citations are classified into six broad categories: Outdoor Recreation Resources; Administration of Resources and Programs; Recreation Users,…

The purpose of this study was to determine those environmental understandings important for inclusion in the elementary school curriculum and basic to the knowledge of the urban environment. A survey instrument was developed for this study which presented 104 understandings in the general areas of air, land use, man-made resources, water, and…