The 20 essays in this collection are based on a project undertaken by the California Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Model Literacy Project in 1983-85. (The goal of the project was to institute changes within the CCC to enhance the literacy of corpsmembers.) Essays describe innovative approaches to literacy education, analyze bureaucratic structures, and describe the projects undertaken. The essays are "Teaching is Remembering" (Michael Holzman); "The 'Me' Series" (Olga Connolly); "Reading Exposure and the Development of Literacy" (Steve Krashen); "Hooked on Books in the CCC" (Betty Bamberg); "Interviews for Literacy" (Larry Wayman); "Literacy as a Catalyst for Second Language Acquisition" (Judith Rodby); "Theater as a Literacy Environment" (Michele Weathers); "Special Cases" (Irene Clark); "Tutoring Alphabetic Illiterates" (Lee Leeson); "Trivial Pursuit" (Elspeth Stuckey); "Literacy Journal" (Douglas Cazort); "Literacy in the Kitchen" (Sid Sondergard); "Allentown II" (DeDe Gallow); "The U.S.C. Literacy Spike: May 1984" (Elspeth Stuckey); "Epistemology of the Oppressed" (Emily Hicks); "An Account of the Initial Phase of the MLP" (DeDe Gallow); "Teacher as Homeboy--A British View of the Model Literacy Program" (Jane Mackillop); "Talk, Cross-Talk, and Adult Literacy" (Lee Leeson); "Critical Review of Literacy Campaign" (Frank Gaik); and "In Conclusion: Creating Literacy Environments" (Michael Holzman). (YLB)