Suggestions for using educational television to deal with the major problems conronting the world community today. (LS)

Suggests activities focusing on the relationship between meeting human survival needs and the environment for use with junior high students in geography courses. Students learn about human survival needs, the earth's systems, and the sun's roles as an energy producer. (RM)

Presents a viewpoint concerning the impact of recent scientific advances on society. Discusses biological discoveries, space exploration, computer technology, development of new astronomical theories, the behavioral sciences, and basic research. Challenges to keeping science current with technological advancement are also discussed. (DS)

Examines the relationship between population growth and world agricultural production. The reasons that crop yields are decreasing, ineffective remedies, and the future demands of food and food prices are discussed. (AM)

Presents a speech discussing the role of the United Nations in the maintenance of peace, the need for support of the UN by governments and peoples, and the importance of education for peace to mobilize that support. (CK)

Looks at the world-wide problem of disabled children and at the activities of UNICEF in this area. Part of a theme issue on disabilities. (SJL)

Examines two viewpoints that secondary students can adopt when studying world people and issues. First is the insider perspective of the individual who lives and experiences a situation as a participant, and whose interpretations are subjective and practical. Second is the outsider perspective of the observer whose outlook is objective and…

Discused is the biological conversion of solar energy via photosynthesis into stored energy in the form of biomass. Detailed are the research and development programs on biomass of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Brazil, Philippines, Sahel, India, and China. (BT)

Discussed is the recycling of agricultural residues, either through fermentation or bioconversion processes, to help meet the energy requirements of the developing countries. (BT)

Considers the blessings and constraints imposed by technological innovations and cites some inherent conflicts in transferring Western technology to a non-Western world. Recommends focus on problems and goals rather than technologies. (Author/CK)

Lists resource problems technology can and cannot solve, and emphasizes the need for considering and restructuring the social environments and institutions as well as developing new technologies. (CK)

This article describes how a number of international organizations are tackling many different problems of toxic substances in the environment. (BB)

UNESCO-UNEP Programme aims, goals, and recommendations arising from the International Belgrade Workshop on Environmental Education in 1975 are detailed. Nine problem areas in international environmental education are defined. The need for general education at all levels to produce an environmentally literate world society is emphasized. (BT)

Describes (1) several methods used in earthquake research, including P:S ratio velocity studies, dilatancy models; and (2) techniques for gathering base-line data for prediction using seismographs, tiltmeters, laser beams, magnetic field changes, folklore, animal behavior. The mysterious Palmdale (California) bulge is discussed. (CS)

Discusses a foreign policy conference for educators sponsored by the United States Department of State and the need to provide young people with a broad perspective of the world. (IRT)