NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Smith, Craig – Orion Afield: Working for Nature and Community, 2001
A Gathering of Waters is a community-based art and activism project to raise awareness that the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo is a desperately endangered river, connect communities dependent on the river, and galvanize those communities into action. Activities provided actual and symbolic experiences of river water for American Indian, Hispanic, Anglo, and…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Community Action
Johnson, Jon; Cawley, Jim – 1984
The purpose of the Wilderness Spirit program is to lead and assist children to comprehend, use, and conserve information about the natural resources of the Hill Country of Texas, including its wildlife, plant life, weather and climate, soils and minerals, water, and land use as well as all forms of agriculture and activities of daily subsistence…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Myers, Ray H. – 1975
In Dallas in 1970, high school outdoor education began as a cocurricular woods and waters boys' club sponsored by a community sportsman. Within one year, it grew into a fully accredited, coeducational, academic course with a curriculum devoted to the study of wildlife in Texas, ecology, conservation, hunting, firearm safety, fishing, boating and…
Descriptors: Activities, Camping, Clubs, Community Involvement