DOCUMENT RESUME ED 067 254 SE 014 529 AUTHOR Stocklin, William J. TITLE What's It All About? Survival Through Education. A Proposal for the Creation and Implementation of Environmental Education in the Northwest Region of Washington State. INSTITUTION Northwest Environmental Education Center, Bellingham, Wash. PUB DATE Oct 70 NOTE 185p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Community Programs; Cooperative Programs; County Programs; *Environmental Education; *Program Development; *Project Applications; Regional Programs; *Staff Improvement IDENTIFIERS Northwest Environmental Education Center ABSTRACT A request for the creation and implementation of environmental education in the northwest region of Washington state is prepared in this project proposal. Designed as a model to aid in the development of a state plan for environmental education, this interdisciplinary, field- and people-oriented project of the Northwest Environmental Education Center plans to establish model/pilot projects throughout the region. Implementation is by a three-phase plan. The first, at the community level, establishes a pilot program in the SedrorWoolley school district aimed at staff improvement and development, development of curriculum learning packages, field program implementation, and disseminating information about the program. The second phase proposes a two-part study with the Watcom County Park Board and schools participating to develop a county-wide model for the implementation of environmental education in the schools. A county environmental analysis project will be undertaken with the findings used in school program development. Regional applications compose the third phase and constitute a major portion of the document. 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Stocklin, Director Northwest Environmental Education Center Old Main Building Western Washington State College Bellingham, Washington 98225 Dear Bill: During the past several months my office has become deeply involved in environmental education. The Extraordinary Session of the State Legislature saw fit to allow me to use a portion of my budget for two special projects. One is the program of the Northwest Environmental Education Center, which comprises the majority of school districts and colleges within the Northwest region of the state (Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, San Juan and Island Counties, and North King County). It has been my understanding that the $50,000 project is for planning pilot programs in environmental education. I feel that this planning will give us a model that we need so greatly as we move ahead in the development of an efficient state plan for the environmental education of our people. Cordially yours, 1)-1"4"4.../ Lolls Bruno State Superintendent of Public Instruction LB:dc cc: Royal McClure PREPARED BY-- THE NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER* William J. Stocklin, Director Roberta W. Ryan, Assistant Director CONTRIBUTING- - GERALD DAVIS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS GROUP McCLURE-NIXON, ARCHITECTS *The Northwest Environmental Education Center was created 12 years ago through the cooperative efforts of the State Department of Natural Resources, Western Washington State College, the common schools within the five northwest counties (Whatcom, Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish) and those within northern King County. The past two fears have been devoted to planning by the Center for a region- wide program of environmental education that will have as its base of activities a 600-acre site on Whidbey Island. 4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER Dale Thompson District Administrator State Department of Natural Resources Donald Schaefer Instructional Consultant Intermediate District #109 Mike S. Milat Principal Crescent Harbor Elementary School Oak Harbor Frederick D.Chesterley Superintendent Intermediate District #108 Gene Miller Dean, Huxley College of Environmental Studies Western Washington State College Lanche R. Crow Deputy Superintendent Intermediate School District #108 Jack E. Cooley Business Management Western Washington State College Larry Squire Consult ng Teacher Edmonds School District Rupert Schmitt Instructor Skagit Valley Community College Tony Angell Coordinator of Environmental Education Shoreline School District William J. Stocklin Director Northwest Environmental Education Center Western Washington State College Roberta Ryan Assistant Director Northwest Environmental Education Center Western Washington State College ACTION COMMITTEE FOR THE NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER Herbert C. Taylor Dean, Bureau for Faculty Research Western Washington State College F. Pat Wanamaker Representative to the State Legislature John Vanderzicht County Commissioner Island County Milton C. Snyder Superintendent Marysville School District William Hunter Supervisor of Environmental Education State Office of Public Instruction James Garner Supervisor, Science Program State Office of Public Instruction Ernest C. McDonald Conservation Education Officer U.S. Forest Service Wallie Funk Editor Whidbey Island News-Times Dave James Vice President Simpson Timber Company Seattle Franklin Raney Associate Professor of Geography Western Washington State College DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN COMMITTEE FOR THE NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER Robert Aegerter College Architect Western Washington State College Clyde Senger Associate Professor of Biology Western Washington State College Robert Monahan Professor of Geography Western Washington State College Lee Dallas Assistant Professor of Biology Western Washington State College William J. Stocklin Director Northwest Environmental Education Center WHIDBEY ISLAND TASK FORCE Edgar Neal Consultant Shoreline School District Tony Angell Coordinator of Environmental Education Shoreline School District Rupert Schmitt Instructor Skagit Valley Community College Donald Kobs Edmonds School District Lee Dallas Assistant Professor of Biology Western Washington State College Rosanne Walker Edmonds School District Lee Mann Coordinator of Environmental Education Sedro Woolley School District August Buse Coordinator of Environmental Education Marysville School District Charles Hess Burlington-Edison School District Reynold Dickhaus Representative Washington 'Forest Protection Association 7 Nancy Arnold Representative Washington Environmental Council Glenn Hudson Council on Urban Affairs Olympia Bill Orme Assistant Director Teacher Corps Western Washington State College William J. -Stocklin Director Northwest Environmental Education Center Roberta Ryan Assistant Director Northwest Environmental Education Center RATIONALE STUDY COMMITTEE Gerald Davis President The Environmental Analysis Group Sin Francisco Lee Balzer Science Education Committee Western Washington State College Bill Orme Assistant Director Teacher Corps Western Washington State College Mike S. Milat Principal Crescent Harbor. Elementary School Oak Harbor Edgar Neal Consultant Shoreline School District William Hunter Supervisor of Environmental Education State Office of Public Instruction Rupert Schmitt Instructor Skagit Valley Community College Lee Mann Coordinator of Environmental Education Sedro Woolley School District William J. Stocklin 1 Director Northwest Environmental Education Center Roberta Ryan Assistant Director Northwest Environmental Education Center CONSULTANTS The Environmental Analysis Group McClure/Nixon, Architects 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Number I. RATIONALE 1 A. Why the Need for Environmental Education? 1 B. How Will Environmental Education Differ From Traditional Education? 1 C. What Must a Program of Environmental Educa- tion Have in Order to be Successful? 2 D. What Will Happen if Support is not Available for Programs of Environmental Education? 3 E. What are the Plans for the Creation and Implementation of Environmental