Addresses the following issues relevant to coastal zone management: overcrowding, resource exploitation, pollution, agriculture, fisheries, industrial, and other uses. Describes conflicts and trade-offs in management typified by fragmented agency decision making. Discusses implications of the greenhouse effect, sustainable development, and the…

Argues that environmental policy and education are predominantly based on Western beliefs about nature rather than on native and indigenous sensitivities. Discusses Western conceptions of wilderness, alternative perceptions and conservation practices, the role of fires in the ecosystem, the priorities necessary for integrating alternative…

Presents various ways to transform sustainable development rhetoric into individually recognizable alternatives that may contribute to achieving sustainable societies. Discusses geographic, historical, human-ecological, and simulation approaches and provides detailed examples of reorientation of current human activities toward a sustainable…

The process of becoming a "green" campus, through improvements in areas such as energy efficiency and waste reduction, can be surprisingly complex but the costs of inaction are high. Four examples of conservation at Brown University (Massachusetts) illustrate the benefits to the environment, the students' education, and the university…

The concept of management frameworks as institutional cultures is introduced. Implications of various decision-making styles of nations are considered, specifically for decisions about the climate and global warming. Global agreements for international environmental management may be enhanced by working with nongovernmental institutions. (SLD)

Documents the transformation of a subsidized international development project into a for-profit "environmental enterprise," an ecological business run by and for small-scale fishermen on Colombia's Caribbean coast. Demonstrates the need for development projects to become businesses and the critical role of social investments (literacy…

Geographic membership patterns for three national environmental organizations were compared to determine if similar membership patterns exist for different types of environmental organizations. Results indicated strong similarities in spatial patterns of membership among the groups. All three organizations had higher membership ratios in…

Describes a high school course, "Material Arts Design," that celebrates materials, creativity, and culture, while concurrently encouraging individual responsibility towards the environment. Explains that the students develop a wide range of technical skills by exploring art and technology and address aesthetic and ecological issues through a…

Presents a lesson in which the students are divided into four Mountain Study Teams in order to examine a sacred mountain. Explains that the students in each group assume a particular role, such as an historian or scientist. Provides a profile on the four mountains and a definition of the seven student roles. (CMK)

Presents a lesson in which students examine the characteristics of successful and unsuccessful tourism development projects in mountains by utilizing the included list of websites. Expounds that, based on their search of the websites, the students propose solutions for maintaining a balance among environmental conservation, cultural advancement,…

Presents an innovative methodology for evaluating strategic goals in a public agency. The method involves computer content analysis of online news media text to evaluate expressed attitudes. Provides a way to assess the views of a wide range of stakeholders quickly and efficiently. (SLD)

An indigenous rights organization works to preserve and revitalize indigenous communities and their lands by recording tribal creation songs. The songs spiritually reconnect Native people with their land, establish indigenous territorial rights, and preserve endangered languages. An ethnographic audio recording training program will enable tribes…

Reports on the creation of web-based exercises to support an existing course and tested their effectiveness. Students' academic performance on course topics associated with the modules they completed was over 3% higher than those they did not complete, and students believed the modules were a worthwhile exercise. (Author/MM)

In 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) updated its Code of Ethics to include specific statements on sustainable development and at about the same time, 1994, ASCE adopted its Policy 418 on sustainable development. Sustainable development as defined by ASCE "is the challenge of meeting human needs for natural resources, industrial…

Science trade books can spark real-life involvement in saving a threatened fish. A successful science program at the Westbrook Elementary School, in Bethesda, Maryland, does just that. The program--in which students participate in watershed restoration projects as part of a yearlong study of the local Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River…