Suggests a reorganization of educational practice so that learners are helped to explore multitudes of indoor and outdoor environments with the assistance of experts and automation. (Author/AL)

Public statements express positions on the present status and future direction of environmental education. (Author)

Evaluates and provides information about books and films that publishers consider useful for teaching children about the urban environment and the problems of maintaining a satisfactory ecological condition within that environment. (Author)

Efforts of youths to solve problems related to waste are discussed. (CK)

Describes a project in which fourth and sixth graders investigated man's relationship to the environment as they explored the physical area and learned the history of Turnbow cabin, Arches National Monument, Utah. (WY)

Considers two interlinking threats to human existence - the depletion of oxygen and the leaching of nitrogen-and explores what can be done to overcome them. (WY)

Suggests conservation education may have failed because it was taught as part of science, not in an integrated curriculum, and by placing children in wildlands or nature centers, instead of considering their real environments. Alternative integrated approaches are suggested. Definitions of environmental education are offered. (AL)

The origin, composition and function of New York State's Environmental Conservation Commissions is illustrated by examples of successful commissions. Sources of information on the legislative base and on the methods of establishing a commission to work with local governments are included. (AL)