This research project on environmental education was designed to implement and evaluate a community action curriculum development model concerned with the preservation and enhancement of environmental quality and ecological balance within an urban area. It sought, furthermore, to involve students, teachers, parents, community representatives, school administrators, public school curriculum specialists, and university personnel in all stages of the project. Each of the objectives of the project, and its realization, is discussed in detail. The four objectives are: (1) Implementation and evaluation of a developmental curriculum model used to generate effective urban environmental curricula; (2) implementation, revision, and evaluation of the environmental leadership and inservice teacher education modules; (3) implementation, revision, and evaluation of the eight instructional modules; and (4) dissemination of the research findings and recommendations and the revised curricula and instructional program. (Author/MC)