The growing amount of U.S. surface area being paved increases interpretive opportunities for teaching about the environmental impacts of automobiles. Provides methods and suggestions for educating high school students. Provides several computer graphics. (LZ)

Attempts over the last 20 years in the United States to adopt a more consensual approach to fisheries management through regional councils have, in general, not been successful. Interviews with New England fishers illustrate some of the difficulties of communication and dialogue between scientists and those whose livelihoods depend upon fishing.…

Refers to a particular approach to conservation as a "story," a specific way of conceptualizing experience. Examines the failure of existing cultural explanations and the process of redefining the parameters and possibilities for what can count as conservation. Discusses biases in conservation stories arising from a blind faith in…

Tells the story of three fossil aquifers, in Saudi Arabia, Libya, and the United States, that are mined at nonrenewable rates for agricultural irrigation. Examines the consequences of a collision between rising consumption and falling groundwater supplies. Charts Libya's projected water needs compared to renewable supply, 1985-2030. (LZ)

Suggests that when children show interest in television superheroes, build on that interest in the classroom by introducing them to real-life heroes in the community. Using forest rangers as an example, offers a variety of activities, books, and resources that can introduce children to forest rangers and the work they do to protect forest…

This annotated bibliography lists 30 United Kingdom government documents published in 1991 that address a wide range of topics, including the environment, history, the military, and economic issues. (MES)

Discusses the Hindu religious scriptures as teachings about the human relationship with the environment and attitude toward ecology. Describes how religion has been a historical teacher of environmental ethics. Presents the Hindu view of humanity as it relates to the environment as portrayed in the Hindu theories. (10 references) (MCO)

Introduces the nine articles on children's ecological awareness in this special issue. Ways to promote ecological awareness in the early childhood, elementary, and middle grades are described, and a reading list is provided. (LB)

Suggests an environmental ethic for parks and recreation professionals who are often on the wrong side of the environmental controversy because they lack a professional ethic. This article provides a guide for implementing an environmental ethic, noting that philosophy of service must be grounded in ecological principles, not merchant values. (SM)

As a result of its activities, values, and assumptions, higher education has become deeply implicated in the environmental dilemmas of our time. Colleges and universities need to act more responsibly, re-forming an education that is more appropriate to a threatened ecology, before they can teach an ethic of responsibility. (Author/MSE)

Review of environmental issues in India concludes that educational institutions can contribute to sustainable development by promoting understanding of the ecosystem; assessing a community's natural wealth; developing strategies; and promoting participation in environmental preservation projects. (SK)

Discusses the myth that gatherer-hunter cultures were primarily meat-eaters and the social and ecological impacts of America's high-meat diet. (LZ)

Presents a secondary lesson for high school students based on a controversial 1892 proposal in Congress to reduce the size of Yosemite National Park. Includes a map and petition signed by John Muir, the first president of the Sierra Club, which was formed to oppose the proposal. The lesson includes class discussion and activity suggestions. (CFR)

A fabricated conversation between two humans and a dolphin at Marineland illustrates man's relationship to nature and the impact that human actions have on living creatures and the environment, and stresses developing a deeper understanding and value for the natural world and consideration of the universality of continued human error and…

Camp programs can incorporate the objectives of environmental education by developing a philosophy of environmental harmony, encouraging comfort in and with the outdoors, stressing minimum impact philosophy and practice, and developing a holistic approach to integrating environmental education into their programs. (LP)