This unit helps middle school students explore the local face of a global challenge: vanishing farmland and the need for sustainable agriculture. With an eye on the National Geography Standards and five areas of the New Jersey core curriculum standards, this unit also develops the skills needed to contribute toward creative solutions for such…

Three individuals long involved in Appalachian regional affairs are interviewed concerning Appalachia's future. Recent economic development based on cultivating "crossroads" growth centers has contributed to growing gaps between growth areas and rural areas and between the middle and working class, and threatens regional values of…

University of California Sea Grant Extension Program provides training and technical assistance to fishers, farmers, planners, and conservationists on projects such as coastal ecosystem health, marine environmental protection, fisheries management, aquaculture, salmon habitat restoration, and controlling nonpoint-source pollution; supports…

We are infatuated with our abilities to predict and analyze, yet we need to listen and observe, behaviors that made Native Americans wise environmental managers. European Americans, who are new to this hemisphere, and indigenous people must forge a world view that synthesizes Western science and traditional environmental knowledge in order to…

In discussing his work and teaching in Appalachian Studies, Dwight Billings emphasizes the need to recognize the diversity of Appalachia and understand Appalachian Studies in relation to social, economic, cultural, and political developments around the world. Appalachia has much to offer others in terms of postcolonialism and the ways that people…

Argues that students must be readied to provide for their own needs and own self-wealth. Because self-wealth depends on a web of relationships with fellow humans and other species, students must also be readied to understand, maintain, and build common wealth. Ponders teaching students to value building positive futures for the communities to…

Explores questions regarding cooperation versus competition, long- or short-term planning, and issues of economics and policy formation through a discussion of game theory. Contains 25 references. (Author/PVD)

The recently revised national curriculum for England and Wales includes changes that emphasize the importance of personal, social, and environmental education; citizenship and learning across the curriculum; and education for sustainable development. Outdoor education can make significant contributions to areas of the curriculum that address…

Discusses the modern view of the impact of population and consumption on environmental degradation. Contends that the determinants of consumption and its alternative patterns are understudied topics for the emerging science of sustainability. (Contains 33 references.) (WRM)

Comparative trend analysis shows striking improvements in all major societal indicators as electricity becomes available to developing nations. Discusses the linking of electrical grids between countries and across continents and the ramifications for standards of living, sustainable development, and world peace. (PVD)

Addresses environmental education in the school curriculum in South Africa, most notably the rationale for including environmental education in formal education and recent developments in South Africa that may enhance this process. Emphasis is placed on the importance of environmental education in enhancing learners' skills and in enabling…

Distinguishes among three types of relationships between developed and developing nations: hierarchical relationships in which developed nations are paternalistic or authoritarian, undifferentiated partnerships, and partnerships involving solidarity and social transformation. Discusses values and assumptions in economic and educational…

Provides an overview of the program on 'Environment and School Initiatives' (ENSI). Argues that ENSI's agenda radically differs from a school improvement agenda based on economic assumptions. Examines 'sustainable development' in the light of these two agendas. Identifies trends with different conceptions of environmental education for sustainable…

Business incubators play a critical role in economic regeneration through the development and support of new and sustainable enterprises. Many UK incubator projects are funded by the European Commission through the higher education sector. This study compares and contrasts six business incubation case studies and identifies significant criteria…

Since its acceptance as a pedagogic field, environmental education has experienced divergence and antagonism in its theoretical and methodological approaches and standpoints. In this paper, the author talks about the conflicting relationship between environmental education and education for sustainable development as well as the many discourses…