This material was shipped to Fenwick Library Special Collections, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA on 23 October 2000. Series title: SOURCEBOOK FULL TITLE: Overview. Volume I of A Sourcebook for the Design of a Regional Environmental Learning System [Project title: Development of An Interpretive Structural Model and Strategies for Implementation Based on a Descriptive and Prescriptive Analysis of Resources for Environmental Education/Studies.Contract #300-700-4028] This is Volume 1 of a 6-volume set of reference reports written for the U.S. Office of Environmental Education under a contract supervised by Walter Bogan. In this volume, Warfield, the project director, describes the scope of the project, in which the research approach is that of "parallel activities on several fronts"...stressing goals of "participation, local initiative, collective inquiry methods,...priorities that emphasize full use of available resources before seeking new resources, ...and evaluation". The report is available on microfiche from ERIC. ERIC Abstract: This volume serves as an overview document for a six-volume sourcebook collection describing the development of a regional environmental learning system. Included in this volume are: (1) organization of the sourcebook, (2) project description, (3) issues, (4) definitions of environmental education, (5) approaches and strategies for environmental education, (6) summaries of succeeding volumes, and (7) an appendix describing previous project reports (RE) ERIC ACCESSION NO:ED187567. Clearinghouse number:SE030969 AVAILABILITY: EDRS Price - MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. 1 World Catalog ACCESSION : 7664288