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Links to written resources about environmental education. Online publications are also available.
 Edited by Arjen E.J. Wals. This book presents and discusses key principles, perspectives, and practices of social learning in the context of sustainability, explored from a range of fields challenged by sustainability. Includes an entire section devoted to case studies of people, organizations, and communities using forms of social learning in moving towards sustainability. The URL is: http://www.wageningenacademic.com/sociallearning/
Read about schools that have raised test scores of their students by using the environment to help teach content. EETAP is offering the publication "Advancing Education Through Environmental Literacy" along with the accompanying CD "Teaching Standards Naturally" at no cost. The publication focuses on how education and the environment can be linked to advance student learning. The CD provides a sampler to 43 free EE activities linked to different grade levels. Booklet and CD produced by EETAP and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).
The URL is: http://eetap.org/html/free_booklet_cd.php
 "Teaching Green - The Middle Years: Hands-On Learning in Grades 6-8" is a complete "green" teaching resource for anyone working with young people in grades six to eight, whether inside or outside schools. The book contains over 50 of the best teaching strategies and activities contributed to Green Teacher magazine during the past decade -- all updated and revised for this special anthology. The URL is: http://www.greenteacher.com
This World Conservation Union publication is the first in a series called "Lessons from the Field: Conservation Awareness" and provides a practical guide for conservation practitioners. The 112-page book focuses on the creative process for strategic planning -- a critical component to design effective conservation awareness initiatives.
The URL is: http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/programs/awar...
By Susan K. Jacobson, Mallory D. McDuff and Martha C. Monroe. Presents the theory and practice for creating effective education and outreach programmes for conservation. Jacobson, McDuff, and Monroe describe an exciting array of techniques for enhancing school resources, marketing environmental messages, using mass media, developing partnerships for conservation, and designing on-site programmes for natural areas and community centres. Vivid case studies from around the world illustrate techniques and describe planning, implementation, and evaluation procedures, enabling readers to implement their own new ideas effectively. 2006, 496pp. $49.50 nonmember/$40.00 NAAEE member.
The URL is: http://naaee.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=41...
This NAAEE publication, "What’s Fair Got To Do With It: Diversity Cases From Environmental Educators" is a powerful professional development tool that presents cases that address the challenges that arise when people who share goals, but not cultures, interact. Includes facilitator notes and commentary about each case.
The URL is: http://naaee.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=41...
An International Company located in Ottawa, Canada, TCM specializes in integrating Internet technologies into everyday business processes with special emphasis in the area of Human Resources.
The URL is: http://www.tcm.com/hr-books/trdev.htm
It's All about Student Learning: Assessing Teacher Candidates' Ability to Impact P-12 Students, edited by Arthur E. Wise and associates, is a compilation of performance assessments currently in use by consortia (the Performance Assessment for California Teachers, or PACT; the Renaissance Partnership, and the Ohio Teacher Quality Partnership), and individual teacher preparation institutions, to measure candidates' ability to impact P-12 student learning, including challenges and lessons learned. The publication includes actual assessment instruments. It provides practical assistance to those designing assessment systems or individual assessments.
The URL is: http://www.ncate.org/public/publications.asp
When the weather changes daily, how do we really know that Earth’s climate is changing? A new book from Lynne Cherry and co-author Gary Braasch, written especially for middle schoolers, How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming (Dawn Publications, March 2008) presents the evidence behind the headlines—gathered by scientists from all over the world, sometimes with the assistance of young "citizen scientists" and told in an age-appropriate manner with clarity and hope.
Lynne Cherry is keynote speaker for the AEOE Spring conference April 25-27 at Camp Hess Kramer in California. The URL is: http://www.dawnpub.com/shopping_cart/INDEX.CFM?Pro...
Selected, edited, with introductions by Glenn Adelson, James Engell, Brent Ranalli, and K.P. Van Anglen. Published by Yale University Press. A comprehensive guide to environmental literacy, Environment demonstrates how the sciences, social sciences, and humanities all contribute to understanding our interrelationships with the natural world. Ten innovative case studies are followed by readings from specific disciplines, and include an imaginative array of texts, providing a balanced, authoritative, and up-to-date treatment of key issues in environmental studies.
The URL is: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9...
This new earth education program for 10-11 year olds provides a year’s worth of weekly activities for classrooms and youth groups.
Contact: IEE1@aol.com The URL is: http://www.eartheducation.org/resource.asp?sku=bro...
Classroom teachers, home school educators, naturalists – if you are committed to teaching children about the world in which they live and how they are an integral part, you will appreciate these 230 illustrated pages of hands-on activities. These activities have been created from the first-hand experience of the Ferry Beach Ecology School Staff on the coast of Maine or adapted with permission from other environmental organizations.
The URL is: http://www.fbes.org/store/index.html
By David A. Bainbridge. Published by Island Press. With almost a billion people around the world affected by dryland degradation and
desertification, A Guide to Desert & Dryland Restoration offers practical, field-tested solutions to this critical problem. This book focuses on restoring arid regions, exploring the causes of desertification and land abuse, the history of dryland decline, and describes the processes and procedures needed to evaluate, plan, implement, and monitor desert restoration projects. Fully illustrated with excellent photos and illustrations and references for further information. This book is designed to be used as a semester-long class with material suited for high school or college. Alternative irrigation systems, seed collection, and restoration planning could be used at any level for class activities. Selected chapter powerpoints are available free online. The URL is: http://www.desertrestore.org/about.asp
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change, by Charles Wohlforth, explores global warming from the perspectives of a group of scientists studying climate change in Alaska and a traditional Eskimo whale-hunting party using traditional knowledge to deal with the shifting landscape. Published by North Point Press.
The URL is: http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=8-0865...
The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies convened a group of leaders to discuss why the scientific consensus on climate change has not produced action in the U.S. commensurate with the threat. The synthesis of their findings and recommendations for action are in the book "Americans and Climate Change." Order or free download from the Web site.
The URL is: http://www.environment.yale.edu/climate/
Learn how to restore naturally appearing wetlands at schools and nature centers for use by 30-students at a time for under $2,000.00. Author Tom Biebighauser has built over 985 wetlands across North America and regularly teaches Hands-on Wetland Restoration Workshops. The book features his specialty of helping educators build wetlands at schools by using a variety of techniques including synthetic liners to benefit frogs, toads, salamanders, aquatic plants, and endangered species.
The URL is: http://www.kentuckypress.com/viewbook.cfm?Category...
New Book by Kestrel Educational Adventures EE Organization in Massachusetts, "Exploring Natural Connections," is a collection of teaching tools, games and activities for K-10 students, and group building initiatives, making it ideal for both the classroom and outdoor settings.
The URL is: http://www.kestreleducation.org
By Jane Kirkland, author and publisher of the award-winning Take A Walk® series of nature adventure books. "No Student Left Indoors: Creating a Field Guide to Your Schoolyard," is a guide for K-8 grade teachers to create an interdisciplinary nature-study in any schoolyard.
Stillwater Publishing, June 2007. The URL is: http://www.takeawalk.com
The publication sets the global standard in presenting estimates of the numbers and trends of waterbird populations throughout the world. This fourth edition provides a comprehensive update on information last provided in 2002 and summarizes population data on 878 waterbird species.
The URL is: http://www.wetlands.org
"From the Bottom Up: One Man’s Crusade to Clean America’s Rivers," by Chad Pregracke, chronicles Chad's personal crusade to clean up America’s rivers and the beginning of his grassroots organization, Living Lands & Waters. Chad Pregracke will be speaking at the annual NAAEE conference on Saturday, November 17, from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m.
The URL is: http://www.fromthebottomup.org/
"Lasting Landscapes: Reflections on the Role of Conservation Science in Land Use Planning" is a collection of essays authored by leaders in the fields of conservation biology and land-use planning in identifying opportunities to foster collaboration between the fields of conservation biology and land use planning. Published by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), "Lasting Landscapes" is available to download on the ELI Web site.
The URL is: http://www.elistore.org/reports_detail.asp?ID=1121...
The International Society of Environmental Botanists'(ISEB) has made available online the Book of Abstracts, published during the Third International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-3; 28 Nov-2 Dec, 2005). This compilation contains 406 abstracts on different environmental aspects, all peer-reviewed and partitioned by session.
The URL is: http://isebindia.com/environews/icpep-3_abstract.p...
This new addition to the Project Learning Tree (PLT) EE secondary module collection "Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity" uses biodiversity as a window through which secondary students investigate the environment. Educators and students get a broader view of concepts and larger connections — not just biological, but political, cultural, ethical, and economic as well. Educators are permitted to use any of the online materials, found at the PLT Web site.
The URL is: http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/36_124_120.html
By Rochelle Strauss, author of the award-winning Tree of Life. One Well is a beautifully illustrated book that tells the eye-opening story of water on Earth. One Well shows how water has the power to change everything — a single splash can sprout a seed, quench a thirst, provide a habitat, generate energy and sustain life.
The URL is: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/35/search?sc=R...
The Greater Expectations Series, an initiative of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) released the final publication in the series "Purposeful Pathways: Helping Students Achieve Key Learning Outcomes." This publication reports on practices from high school through college to advance four selected liberal education outcomes: inquiry, civic, global, and integrative learning.
The URL is: http://aacu-secure.nisgroup.com/acb/stores/1/produ...
A book about changes in the Great Lakes and connecting waters due to natural forces and man-made changes in the past 200 years.
The URL is: http://www.geocities.com/barbaraspring/
Award-winning "Sound Truth and Corporate Myths: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill" (2005) reveals the new science showing that oil is much more toxic toxic than previously thought to humans and wildlife. Sound Truth provides critical new information for people working in oil issues and educators. Story-telling format is accessible to 9–12; fully referenced with index for university students. Sound Truth can be ordered by the case ONLY (20 books) for freight, shipping, and handling charges ($30 per case Lower 48; $40 per case Alaska; $60 per case Canada) before yearend. Place orders at shop.soundtruth.info.
The URL is: http://shop.soundtruth.info
Filter Press announces a new biography, Enos Mills: Rocky Mountain Naturalist, by Colorado storyteller, outdoorsman, and award-winning author John Stansfield. Includes bonus sections providing detailed descriptions of the natural environments Mills explored and nature activities from his Trail School, perfect to enliven family outings.
The URL is: http://www.filterpressbooks.com/item546979.ctlg
The papers include treatments of residential energy conservation, green labeling, recycling, analogies from health promotion and disaster
preparedness, and voluntary measures on the part of firms, local governments and other local organizations and well as classroom and adult education [PDF]. Sponsored by the U.S. National Research Council Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change. The URL is: http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10401.html
The Yearbook is an essential reference to the rapidly multiplying international agreements on environment and development. It consists of evaluation articles by independent authors and a myriad of detailed and difficult-to-find data on international environmental treaties, IGOs and international NGOs working within the environmental field, in addition to country profiles. Produced by the Fridtjof
The URL is: http://www.greenyearbook.org/
Books on the Colorado Wilderness by T.A. Barron, winner of the Wilderness Society's 1997 Robert Marshall Award for environmental work.
The URL is: http://www.tabarron.com/
Volume 12 of the Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability series is a compendium of international experiences on sustainability.
The URL is: http://www.projekte.org/international.experiences/
Teacher's guide to outdoor nature and science investigations for primary students. Also provides valuable tips to elementary school teachers and to parents on using the hands-on, inquiry based approach to learning out of doors.
The URL is: http://www.naturediscoverycenter.org/
"How to Find and Win Federal Grants" by Susan H. Gray. Completely updated, this guide is for nonprofit organizations to find, apply for, and win federal grants. Also provides suggestions for developing projects and proposals worthy of federal funding, where to quickly access the information on more than 1,000 federal grants, loans, and other assistance programs, and covers the legal and financial responsibilities of grant recipients. 2003-2004, 200 pp. $195
The URL is: http://www.federalgrantguide.com/
By Delia Clark and Steven Glazer. Published by the University Press of New England. In QUESTING, two experts in community education explain how place-based treasure hunts (or quests) can foster education, stewardship, adventure
and fun. QUESTING draws on the success of a program in New England in which individuals, student groups and organizations create clues and maps highlighting the special places and stories in their community. The book presents a rationale for place-based education, and outlines quest program goals and objectives that can easily be implemented in any community. ISBN # 1-58465-334-5 Hardcover, 254 pp. The URL is: http://www.upne.com/1-58465-334-5.html
Island Press is a non-profit publisher of books about the environment for professionals, students, and general readers. The site contains in depth descriptions of their publications, feature articles, and links to related sites. Online ordering available.
The URL is: http://www.islandpress.org/
Creating a Sustainable Economy and Future On Our Planet - The San Diego/Tijuana Region - A Case Study by Jim Bell
This book is an economic plan to develop a life-support sustaining economy and way of life in the San Diego/Tijuana region, starting with making the region renewable energy, water and food self-sufficient. It also developes a life-support land use planning strategy consistent with creating a sustainable future. Book is fully downloadable in pdf format. The URL is: http://www.jimbell.com/NewBook.htm
By: Dave and Lillian Brummet. Trash Talk – an inspirational guide to saving time and money through better waste and resource management. Trash Talk is an environmental book that embarks on frugal and conscious living techniques for the individual. Focusing on reusing "waste" materials and reducing consumption of resources, it also validates individual worth in a hectic, expensive,
environmentally stressed world. The URL is: http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit
A new book on Environmental Online Communication investigates how the Internet helps manage the explosive growth and dwindling lifespan of environmental information. How can we leverage new technologies to advocate sustainability? To answer this question, 60 authors analyze communication from four perspectives: Raising Environmental Awareness, Environmental Science, Corporate Sustainability, Networks & Virtual Communities. Download the preface, sample chapter, abstracts, author biographies and the complete list of references with 1000+ entries from the website.
The URL is: http://www.ecoresearch.net/springer
TIEE is designed to improve ecology teaching by helping undergraduate faculty include more student-active teaching approaches in ecology courses, both in lecture and in lab. TIEE is looking for submissions, reviews, evaluation, and new ideas.
The URL is: http://tiee.ecoed.net/misc/submit.html
Titles from NSTA Press and "NSTA Recommends: Global Environmental Change Series; Biodiversity; Deforestation; Introduced Species; Carrying Capacity; Invasion Ecology; and Ecology and Evolution: Islands of Change.
The URL is: http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-01/books2...
"Environmental Literacy in America" by Kevin Coyle (former NEETF president), presents a comprehensive look into the current state of environmental literacy in the United States; how environmental education and media relate; what is the actual impact on human behavior; and what needs to be done and why it is more important than ever to improve environmental literacy in the
U.S. Published by: The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF). The URL is: http://www.neetf.org/pubs/index.htm
A highly illustrated teacher guide and text about electricity from renewable energy. Outstanding reviews from energy educators. Comprehensive, even-handed, friendly. Multi-disciplinary. A
2004 award-winner. See website for details, reader comments and downloads. The URL is: http://www.energyforkeeps.org
"..presents a comprehensive look at our most precious resource." Covers the history of water availability & use, gov't development, management & policy of water usage. Includes interesting sidebars, policy issues, & closer looks at past & present examples of water use.
The URL is: http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle.rdr...
Assorted titles on the environment and conservation. Online ordering is available, but please be aware that this is a Canadian business so all prices are in Canadian dollars.
The URL is: http://www.santibooks.com/default.asp?categoryID=1...
By Rochelle Strauss. Published by Kids Can Press. Tree of Life: the Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth (ages 8 and up) shows how living things are classified into five kingdoms — and how each has much to tell us about all aspects of life on our planet. If every known species on Earth were represented by a leaf on a tree, then the Tree of Life would have 1,750,000 leaves. Since humans count for just one leaf on the tree, we have a lot
to learn about the millions of other forms of life with which we share the world. Awards include the ASPCA Henry Bergh Childrens Book Award and the 2005 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner (Ecology/Nature Books). It was also named a Green Earth Book Award Honor Book and named as one of the Best of the Best Books 2004, by the Chicago Public Libraries. 2004, 40 pp. ISBN 1-55337-669-2. $16.95 The URL is: http://www.kidscanpress.com/kidscanpress/KidsCanPr...
The site primarily consists of "The Directory of Environmental Web Sites On The Internet, On-line Micro Edition" an abbreviated version of the book. Also, provides ordering information.
The URL is: http://www.geocities.com/usenvironmentaldirectorie...
The Nature Center Book: How to Create and Nurture a Nature Center in Your Community. By: Brent Evans and Carolyn Chipman Evans. Published by InterpPress. Revised edition provides updated information on previously surveyed nature centers and interviews with leaders in the field. Includes lessons learned, new developments, and financial and organizational issues. Available November 2004. NAI Members $24/Nonmembers $29
The URL is: http://www.interpnet.com/store/acatalog/Publicatio...
This newly published book offers a "guide to individual lifestyle decision making that will help all of us in securing an environmentally sustainable future for our children's children." Online ordering available.
The URL is: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp...
"Addressing Village Environmental Issues for the Future Generations of Alaska" 7 Generations downloadable EE Manual, designed for people in rural Alaska who want to accomplish environmental planning, and management using a community based approach.
The URL is: http://www.7generations.us/page2.html
"A lively introduction to the life cycles, habitats, legends, ecological relationships and environmental challenges of salmon. (Also includes trout)" Ordering information available. Grade Level: 4 (adaptable) NPEEE Review
The URL is: http://www.dog-eared.com/books/books.html#Salmon
Facing the Future’s latest global sustainability advanced student textbook, "It’s All Connected ~ A Comprehensive Guide to Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions." This textbook is already in use by high school teachers in 40 U.S. states and 10 countries and by a number of universities including the University of Washington, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Florida.
The URL is: http://www.facingthefuture.org/purchase.htm
"..contains personal essays about nature and the environment. What impact does nature have on our personal well-being and how does our interaction with the environment shape who we are and how we connect with our world? Contributors include well known environmental activisits, writers, and academics."
The URL is: http://www.newestpress.com/completeT.html#L
"NSP's mission is to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society." Titles related to Environmental Justice, sustainable living and ecological design can be ordered online.
The URL is: http://www.newsociety.com/index.html
By David Sobel. The fourth volume of the Nature Literacy Series, presents a comprehensive review of place-based education. From philosophy to strategy, Sobel traces place-based education in the U.S., celebrating teachers that connect classroom, community, and the environment. Paperback,105 pages, ISBN 0-913098-54-X
The URL is: http://www.oriononline.org/pages/ob/nls/index_nls....
Published by the Global Education Project, this comprehensive resource summarizes the conditions of the world's ecology and humanity and how they affect each other. A valuable tool for anyone teaching about or striving to understand the world's complex environmental and humanitarian challenges.
The URL is: http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/index.sht...
Until April 8th, Green Teacher is offering a pre-publication discount on its upcoming publication, Teaching Green - The Elementary Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades K-5. This 240 page book contains over 50 of the best teaching strategies and activities contributed to Green Teacher magazine during the past decade - all updated and revised for this special 2005 anthology. For more details, visit www.greenteacher.com.
The URL is: http://www.greenteacher.com/elembook.html
Two-book teacher and student edition provides abundant resources for teachers in grades 9-12 to extend students' investigations into local water quality and land-use issues. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series published by NSTA Press. The Teacher Edition includes classroom materials, explains how to guide student research and projects, and the complete Student Edition.
The URL is: http://store.nsta.org/showItem.asp?product=PB162X2...
"A guide to books and articles related to educational change, especially those that might provide guidance toward incorporating environmental content and environmental education pedagogies into mainstream education systems." Some books have annotations. A project of the State Education and Environment Roundtable.
The URL is: http://www.seer.org/pages/Bibliog.html
Information on nearly 4,000 government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, colleges and universities, and more than 18,000 officials concerned with environmental conservation, education, and natural resource use and management.
The URL is: http://www.islandpress.org/books/detail.html?SKU=1...
A comprehensive, visual presentation of scientifically variable information, on changes in the global environment acquired and assessed through state-of-the-art remote sensing technology.
The URL is: http://www.earthprint.com/go.htm?to=DEW0657NA
Ours is perhaps the greatest human challenge in history, to become a nation of psychologically mature adults and lead the world into a era of
social-environment sustainability. Site features book series on sustainable community development. The URL is: http://www.chrismaser.com
"How should our national economic accounts recognize the increasing interest in and importance of the environment? 'Nature's Numbers' recommends how to incorporate environmental and other non-market measures into the nation's income and product accounts." Ordering information from the Academy Press as well as a searchable index of the book.
The URL is: http://books.nap.edu/catalog/6374.html
Menace in the Walls, is a children's fiction based on a true and controversial story on an outbreak in Cleveland, OH, of pulmonary hemorrhage in infants. The lead investigator found a link between the disease and water-damaged homes containing the toxic mold, Stachybotrys.
The URL is: http://www.science2discover.com/MenaceInTheWalls.h...
A comprehensive new teacher's Guide From NSTA & Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Fourteen classroom activities and more than 40 extension exercises help students understand climate change through animal biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and plant biology. Sample pages available in PDF format. Online ordering available.
The URL is: http://www.nsta.org/recommends/product.asp?id=1217...
A leading publisher of books on environment and sustainable development in the UK. Site offers sample chapters and contents, new publications, on-line catalogue, discounts for NGOs, and on-line ordering.
The URL is: http://www.earthscan.co.uk/
Purchase essential publications on sustainable development and the enviroment from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and key
international organisations. Benefit from our easy to search catalogue, streamlined online ordering system and up-to-date website. Earthprint customers span NGO's, commercial organisations, institutions, trade and individuals, who all use our titles as essential research and policy making material. The URL is: http://www.earthprint.com
Includes chapters on leadership, strategic planning, boards, staff, and fund raising. ANCA developed handbook for directors, staff and those new to the profession, and will also challenge and inspire the most experienced.
The URL is: http://www.natctr.org/manual.html
Darlene E. Clover, Professor, University of Victoria, Canada, Editor. This book outlines theories and practices in environmental adult education that are emerging worldwide. ISBN: 0-8204-6583-6
The URL is: http://www.peterlang.com/all/index.cfm?vSuche=vSuc...
The site offers several multicultural reference books that teach students the importance of cultural diversity.
The URL is: http://www.diversity-books.com
Ecological Society of America official publication of Vol. 1 of TIEE (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology), an NSF-funded and ESA-supported CD and website.
The URL is: http://tiee.ecoed.net
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) flagship publication is the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series. The latest in the series is the
annually produced GEO Yearbook in which UNEP has encapsulated significant recent and topical environmental issues and developments. This readable and reliable volume is designed to inform, guide and stimulate action for the health of our environment. The URL is: http://www.earthprint.com/go.htm?to=3348
This e-book explores a number of important environmental management issues. Readers involved with environmental management professionally as well as readers with a general interest and perhaps only a basic knowledge of environmental issues will benefit from the presentation of the various issues examined.
The URL is: http://www.ebookad.com/eb.php3?ebookid=15854
Aims to raise consciousness about the
environment and one's relationship to nature. Features articles, blog, environmental alerts, relevant books, links, places to visit. The URL is: http://www.mindfulhiker.com
A support site for classroom use of the novel, "Restoration in the Barrens," by Joe Riederer. Resource links and downloadable (text file) classroom resources include a list of related curricula, chapter notes and reference books.
The URL is: http://www.bigbluestempress.com/restoration.htm
Welcome WOW! Las Maravillas de Humedales – Environmental Concern’s first Spanish extension to WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands curriculum guide. The 355+ pg book includes extensive wetland ecology information complemented with over 50 hands-on, inquiry-based, cross-curricular activities, presented in lesson-plan format, and correlated to National Science Standards. The new module is a compilation of choice activities translated into Spanish and available through WOW! workshops.
The URL is: http://www.wetland.org/
This book is the first volume to specifically survey field studies conducted through colleges and universities. The essays, arranged into three sections, offer rationales, pedagogical strategies, and foundational advice and information that broaden and strengthen the collective knowledge of this increasingly popular means of instruction.
The URL is: http://www.upress.utah.edu/books/Crimmel_Hal.html
A combined textbook and workbook that focuses on ecological concepts and the interrelationships of living things and their environments. Students examine current environmental problems such as acid rain, toxic waste, tropical deforestation, and destruction of the ozone layer. Grades 8+.
The URL is: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/rtmss/3.31.ht...
Material and cases used for sustainability and green marketing curricula at HS, College and Grad levels. (McGraw Hill, 1998) Entire contents available online.
The URL is: http://www.greenmarketing.com/Green_Marketing_Book...
Site features the book, "Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth", explains Earth Systems Science for teachers, students and the general public. Includes book reviews, lessons that work with the book, and a theatre show.
The URL is: http://www.planetguide.net/
The book (Tilbury, Stevenson, and Schreuder, 2002) provides a platform for people from around the world to tell their stories in education for sustainability and share lessons learnt since the Rio Summit. Email for electronic version or hardcopy.
The URL is: mailto:CTN@hq.iucn.org
Amazon.com lists about 200 books on environmental education. These are mainstream books of interest to a wide variety of people and approaches.
The URL is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/Subject=Environm...
The purpose of this book is to improve the current situation of EE in developing countries. In a uniquely balanced manner, Author Qasem Alnewashi shows that the enviro beliefs & behaviors of man in natural & social contexts reflect the need for linking formal & nonformal environmental learning experiences.
The URL is: http://www.geocities.com/qasem17/environmental_edu...
A sustainability think tank based in Seattle, Washington publishes books on environmental issues such as urban sprawl, population growth, climate change and endangered species. Books can be ordered from Amazon.com.
The URL is: http://www.northwestwatch.org/
William Honachefsky's new book draws upon more than 30 years of experience, including the investigation of thousands of cases of environmental abuse, and presents a powerful combination of strategies.
The URL is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1566704065/...
This new international publication by the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication provides some compelling and exciting case studies from around the globe of how others in the field have put the concepts of Education for Sustainability into action. It is framed around five key themes essential to developing a successful program in this area.
Will soon be available to download [pdf] version from the ARIES website (http://www.aries.mq.edu.au/news.htm) or hardcopy can now be ordered by emailing: info@books.iucn.org or visiting the IUCN bookstore. ORDER #B2171 ISBN# 2-8317-0823-0, 2004 |
