Reported is one of a series of research and development efforts at the University of Virginia sponsored by the U.S. Office of Environmental Education. These projects are intended to produce approaches, methods, and basic resources needed to improve local capabilities in environmental education program design and implementation. Presented in this report are: (1) an analysis of the requirements of environmental education, (2) a series of organizational models, (3) a description of how existing resources apply to the models developed, and (4) an outline of an approach to evaluation. Various systems methodologies are employed to integrate the program components being considered. To test and refine the products developed, a comprehensive Regional Environmental Learning System is recommended. (WB)