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Fairness and balance should be the hallmark of environmental education

Environmental education has become as common in schools as math and history. Too often the lessons border on advocacy for a single point of view. The educational materials in this section encourage students, as well as teachers, to think for themselves.

Listing of Education Materials

The Sky's Not Falling: Why It's OK To Chill About Global Warming
September 2007

Energy
Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues
A new series of books for young people offers objective and balanced discussions of controversial issues.
January 2004

Forest Fires
Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues
A new series of books for young people offers objective and balanced discussions of controversial issues.
January 2004

Toward Better Environmental Education
In this article prepared for the Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University, Jane Shaw discusses how advocacy has replaced good science in many school textbooks, and how it can be changed.
March 2003 [PDF]

Fish Tales
Classroom Lessons about Economics and the Environment
Using economic reasoning, students solve seven mysteries surrounding the tragic reductions in fish populations.
December 2002 [PDF]

Global Warming
Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues
A new series of books for young people offers objective and balanced discussions of controversial issues.
January 2002

Pesticides
Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues
A new series of books for young people offers objective and balanced discussions of controversial issues.
January 2002

Endangered Species
Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues
A new series of books for young people offers objective and balanced discussions of controversial issues.
January 2002

Free Market Environmentalism
Syllabus for Universities
PERC has created a syllabus to aid the inclusion of free market environmental ideas in to traditional environmental economics and policy curricula.
September 2001 [PDF]

Is Free Market Environmentalism "Mainstream"?
This essay explains how the well-accepted principles that explain market behavior and underlie prosperity also explain environmental problems and offer ways to solve them.
December 2000 [PDF]

EcoDetectives
Economics and the Environment: EcoDetectives is a 15-lesson curriculum designed to show how teachers and students can use economic reasoning in efforts to describe and explain environmental problems.
December 2000

Facts Not Fear: A Parents' Guide to Teaching Children About the Environment
This book provides parents and teachers with accurate and balanced information on environmental issues.
December 2000

In Farmers and Ranchers Do We Trust?
Classroom Lessons about Economics and the Environment
These nine lessons address controversial environmental topics within the agricultural sector and help students understand the incentives facing agricultural decision makers.
December 2000

Opinions on Environemntal Education
Should Action Be A Goal? No
One of four experts who offer differing opinions on environmental education.
December 2000

Opinions on Environmental Education
Should Action Be A Goal? Yes
One of four experts who offer differing opinions on environmental education.
December 2000

Opinions on Environmental Education
What Role for Business?
One of four experts who offer differing views on environmental education.
December 2000

Opinions on Environmental Education
Assuring Fairness and Accuracy
One of four experts who offer differing views on environmental education.
December 2000

Environmental Examiner
A Newsletter for Students
This newsletter for students is designed to help them think clearly as they form their opinions about environmental issues.
April 2000