DOCUMENT RESUME ED 135 669 SE 022 248 AUTHOR Disinger, John F., Comp. TITLE A Directory of Projects and Programs in Environmental Education. Fourth Edition. INSTITUTION ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, Columbus, Ohio. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. of Education (DHEW) ,Washington, D.C.e PUB DATE Dec 76 NOTE 340p.; For earlier editions, see ED 071 881, ED 086 558 and ED 114 259; Not available in hard copy due to marginal legibility of original document AVAILABLE FROMInformation Reference Center (ERIC/IRC) , The Ohio State University, 1200 Chambers Rd., 3rd Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43212 ($6.50) EDRS PRICE 1R-$0,83 plus Postage. HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Directories; Educational Programs; *Elementary Secondary Education; *Environmental Education; *Higher Education: *Instructional Materials; *Program Descriptions; Reference Materials ABSTRACT This is the fourth edition of the ERIC/SMEAC DIRECTORY OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. This edition cOntains summaries of 207 efforts, 121 of which were not reported in earlier editions. The remaining 86 are Aore recent reports of environmental education projects and programs previously described in the second and/or third editions. Included are summaries of effortS spanning a broad spectrum: K-12 formal education, post-secondary formal education, governmental agencies, and private sorganizations. Entries are listed by state. Each entry usually -includes information relating to current program efforts, a person to contact-regarding the program, materials available, and future plans. **************4******************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (ELRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. *********************************************************************** U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS 00CUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INFORMATION REPORTS , SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE O. EOUCATION POSITION DR POLICY h^0 A DIRECTORY OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOURTH EDITION Compiled by John F. Disinger ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education The Ohio State University 1200 Chambers Road3rd Floor Columbus, Ohio43212 December 1976 2 ERIC/SMEAC ERIC is a national information system supported by the National Institute of Education for providing ready access to results of exemplary programs, research and development efforts, and related - information that can be used in developing more effective educational programs. Through a network of specialized centers or clearinghouses, each of which is responsible for a particular educational area, current significant information relevant to education is monitored, acquired, evaluated, abstracted, indexed, and listed in ERIC reference publica- tions. Through these reference, publications any educator, anywhere in the country, has easy access to reports of.innovative programs, con- ference proceedings, bibliographies, outstanding professional papers, curriculum-related materials, and reports of the most significant efforts in educational research and development, regardless of where they were first reported. In addition, each clearinghouse produces bulletins, interpretive sum- maries, research reviews, and bibliographies. These products are made available by the ERIC system and are also announced in a separate yearly compilation. The ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Edu- cation is located'at The Ohio State University, Columbus. Originally the center had responsibility only in the area of science education, and was named the Science Education Information Analysis Center (SEIAC). When responsibility for mathematics education was addel, it became the Science and Mathematics Information Analysis Center (SMAC). In 1971 it was designated as the center for environmental education, and is now known as the Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education Informa- tion Analysis Center (SMEAC). This publication was prepared pursuant to a contract,with the National Institute of Education, United States Depart- ment of Health, Education, and Welfare. Contractors under- taking such projects under Government sponsorship are en- couraged to express freely their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official National Institute of Education position or policy, ii PREFACE This is the fourth edition of the ERIC/SMEAC Directory of Projects and Programs in Environmental Education. Previous editions were published in December 1972, November 1973, and February 1975. This edition con- tains summaries of 207 efforts, 121 of which were not reported in earlier editions. The remaining 86 are more recent reports of environ- mental education projects and programs previously described in the second and/or third editions. Included are summaries of efforts spanning a broad spectrum: K-12 formal education, post-secondary formal education, governmental agencies, and private organizations. Several sources were utilized in developing lists for requests for summaries for this edition, including: 1. The tables of contents of the three earlier editions; 2. Lists of recipients of federal funds for environmental education under P. L. 91-516 and P. L. 93-278, the Environmental Education Act of 1970 and its 1973 extension; 3.Recommendations of State EduCation Agency specialists for en- vironmental education, in part derived from their reports in ERIC/SMEAC's Environmental Education 1975: A State-by-State Report; 4. Other projects and programs known to ERIC/SMEAC, through materials submitted to the ERIC system or through other contacts. Particularly supportive has been Stan Lock of the National Park Service; U. S. Department of the Interior, who conducted a majoreffort in con- tacting NPS facilities across the nation for summaries of their'environ- mental education activities. A single request for input was mailed to the director of each project and program. In cases of non-response, no follow-up was made. Each request contained a general outline of the type of information desired, not a questionnaire. Reports contained in this volume are essentially verbatim copies of responses, with minor editing, condensing of overly- lengthy reports, and addition of listings of documents from that effort which have been announced through the ERIC system. Many directors in- cluded documents with their reports, as requested, but such documents are not listed in this edition because their processing into the ERIC system had'not been completed at the time of publication. Also added to reports have been references to summaries printed in the second and/or third editions of this Directory. Many documents prepared by various projects and programs which have been announced by the ERIC system through December 1976 are listed at the end of individual reports. Abstracts of such documents are printed in appropriate monthly issues of Resources in Education (prior to January 1975 titled Research in Education), in serial order by ED number. The reader who wishes to investigate these documents is ad- vised to locate and read the abstracts, available in libraries which subscribe to Resources in Education, then check the abstracts to deter- mine if documents of interest are available in ERIC microfiche. Documents available in microfiche may be located in the ERIC collections noted in the Appendix to this volume.For documents not available in microfiche, RIE abstracts make reference to other sources of availa- bility. Individuals who wish may order microfiche or paper copies of many documents, as indicated in the abstracts, through: ERIC Document Reproduction'Service P. O. Box 190 Arlington, Virginia 22210 Of particular interest to ERIC/SMEAC is additional information relative to projects and programs reported herein, as well as information con- cerning other projects and programs which might have been reported. Because the primary mission of the ERIC system is the announcement of documents of interest to the educational community, copies of such documents are always welcomed by this office: John F. Disinger Compiler December 1976 0 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ALABAMA Dadeville Nature and Man Environmental Study 3 Project Mobile Project COPEE Montevallo Center for Environment and Energy 7 Education Montgomery Alabama Environmental Quality Association 7 ARIZONA Bowie Environmental Living Program, Fort Bowie 8 National Historic Site Hereford Coronado National Memorial 9 Prescott Community Nature Center, Prescott Unified. 11 School District #1 Tucson Freeman Homestead ESA 12 Tumacacori Environmental Education Program 13 ARKANSAS Conway Environmental Education Project lt Fayetteville Backpacking: Environmental Education 16 Project Hot Springs National Park Environmental Study Area