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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 449 967 SE 064 213 AUTHOR Meissner, David, Comp. TITLE Border Environmental Education Resource Guide: Southern New Mexico, South Texas, Northern Chihuahua, Northern Coahuila, Northern Nuevo Leon, NorthernTamaultpas = Guia cMRecursos de Educacion Ambiental en la Frontera: Sur de Nuevo Mexico, Sur de Texas, Norte de Chihuahua, Norte de Coahuila, Norte de Nuevo Leon, Norte de Tamaulipas. INSTITUTION Environmental Education Exchange, Tucson, AZ. SPONS AGENCY Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Environmental Education.; World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC. PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 196p.; Initially compiled by Elaine Hampton working for the Waste Education Resource consortium. Guide made possible by a grant from the U.S. EPA, Region 6, as part of the U.S.-Mexico Boarder XXI Program. AVAILABLE FROM U.S. EPA, 6WQ-CO, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202; Tel: 214-665-2767; e-mail: [email protected]. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) Reference Materials Directories /Catalogs (132) Multilingual/Bilingual Materials (171) LANGUAGE English, Spanish EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Ecology; Elementary Secondary Education; *Environment; Environmental Education; Environmental Influences; Foreign Countries; *Internet; Science Projects IDENTIFIERS Mexico (Chihuahua State); Mexico (Nuevo Leon); Mexico (Tamaulipas State); *Mexico United States Border; New Mexico (South); Texas (South) ABSTRACT This guide provides educators and residents of the border with useful information about environmental education program offerings along the eastern half of the United States-Mexico border. The programs listed in the guide represent a broad range of educational efforts focused on understanding the environment and solving environmental problems in the border communities. The guide contains information about environmental education programs offered by organizations in Southern New Mexico, Southern Texas and the Northern reaches of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. (Mexico)(SAH) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Border Environmental Education Resource Guide: Southern New Mexico, South Texas, Northern Chihuahua, Northern Coahuila, Northern Nuevo Leon, Northern Tamaulipas = Guia de Recursos de Educacion Ambiental en la Frontera: Sur de Nuevo Mexico, Sur de Texas, Norte de Chihuahua, Norte de Coahuila, Norte de Nuevo Leon, Norte de Tamaulipas. David Meissner, Compiler U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. BESTCOPYAVAILABLE Southern New.Mexico- South Texas -Nbrtherrr Cf-iihiJahtia.:-Northern-Coahuila Northern-.Nuevo- Leon-Northern Tamaulipas NEW MEXICO a Las Cruces IMMO. ID 4111111111111.11111.1111=1111, o El Paso TEXAS Ciudad Juarez U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement UCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) CHIHUAHUA document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or ooinions stated in this 3 document do not necessarily represent Chihuahua official OERI Position or policy. COAHUILA oLaredo Nuevo Laredo rownsville NUEVO LEON Matamoros 11PrJ bl: trlz. O k 1 Z."4:roas Monterrey t'eriiirorirwicu charg.:p E.P.h Evr?)n '" mAuLip cirsrLiJorld WI' e rEzitj BESTCOPYAVAILABLE E PA United States Environmental Protection Agency ENVIRONMENT-A EDUCATION EXCHANGE Project Background - A Border XXI Initiative: Acknowledgements: This Border Environmental Education Resource Guide was made The Environmental Education Exchange wishes to acknowledge possible by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Amadee Madril, of the EPA in Region VI for her support in the Region 6, as part of its U.S.-Mexico Border XXI Program. Border production of the Border Environmental Education Resource Guide. XXI is a comprehensive program designed to achieve a clean In addition, Drew Burnett from EPA's Washington Office of environment, protect public health and natural resources, and Environmental Education was instrumental in helping to arrange encourage sustainable development. Funding was also provided for the printing of this guide. Special thanks go to Judy Braus and through the US EPA's Office of Environmental Education in Ethan Taylor with the World Wildlife Fund for providing additional Washington D.C. project funding and support. The success of Border XXI depends on broad-based binational The Border Environmental Education Resource Guide was initially cooperation and collaboration between federal, state and local compiled by Elaine Hampton working for the Waste Education governments, Indian tribes, international institutions, educational Resource Consortium. The Guide was extensively updated and centers, non-governmental organizations, industry, and grass roots expanded by David Meissner from the Environmental Education community organizations. The key federal agencies involved in Exchange with formatting by Rock) Covarrubias also of the developing and implementing Border XXI are: the U.S. Environmental Education Exchange. The cover for this edition of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mexico's Secretariat for the guide was designed by Frederic Welterlin from WestEd in San Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (SEMARNAP), the Francisco and formatted by Red Horse Graphics in Tucson. U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. and Mexican Sections of the International For additional copies or information, contact: Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Mexico's Secretariat of Amadee Madril, Environmental Protection Specialist Health (SSA). Other important federal participants include the U.S. U.S. EPA6WO-CO Department of State and Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Relations, 1445Ross Ave. as well as international organizations such as the Border Dallas, Texas75202 Environmental Cooperation Commission (BECC) and North (214) 665-2767 American Development Bank (NADBank.)" [email protected] Border XXI is implemented through nine binational Workgroups which include: water, air, hazardous and solid waste, pollution prevention, contingency planning and emergency response, cooperative enforcement and compliance, environmental information resources, natural resources, and environmental health. The Border Environmental Education Resource Guide falls within the objectives of the Environmental Information Resources Workgroup. A vast amount of information exists on the border environment yet it is difficult to access. The Environmental Information Workgroup's goal is to produce comprehensive information resources and the necessary mechanisms to access that information. Its objectives include facilitating information sharing and exchange, providing increased public access to information, establishing an environmental information inventory, and promoting environmental education in border communities. Border Environmental Education Resource Guide Contents Guide New Mexico 1 Texas 17 Chihuahua 43 Coahuila 51 Nuevo Leon 55 Tamaulipas 57 Distrito Federal 61 Thematic Index Introduction 63 New Mexico 65 Texas 71 Chihuahua 79 Coahuila 83 Nuevo Leon 85 Tamaulipas 87 Distrito Federal 89 Organization Index (arranged alphabetically by state and name) New Mexico 91 Texas 92 Chihuahua 94 Coahuila 95 Nuevo Leon 96 Tamaulipas 97 Distrito Federal 98 4 ii Border Environmental Education Resource Guide Introduction and Overview: Welcome to the Border Environmental Education Resource Guide! We encourage you to use this guide and discover the wealth of The purpose of this guide is to provide educators and residents of environmental education opportunities and resources available the border with useful information about environmental education throughout the border region. Expand your horizons beyond your program offerings along the eastern half of the U.S. Mexico border. own state or even your own countrytYou'll-encounter-endless ProgramatIstedln-the guide represent a broad range of educational possibilities for enriching collaboration or exploration. efforts focused on understanding the environment and solving environmental problems in U.S. and Mexican border communities. (Note: when calling Mexico from the U.S., first dial 011 and the The guide contains information about environmental education country code (52) before dialing the number listed in the contact programs offered by organizations in Southern New Mexico, information. When calling the U.S. from Mexico, dial 001 followed Southern Texas and the Northern reaches of Chihuahua, Coahuila, by the number listed.) Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. While this guide demonstrates a great diversity of programs and Information from this guide is also available online at: topics covered, it also reveals the common concerns of the border area as a whole. The border region is one impacted by a rapidly http://www.bordereeweb.net growing population linked to increased industrial development. Industrial pollution, urbanization without adequate infrastructure, and heavy traffic flow across the border have all placed