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Organizations listed here provide humane education materials directly pertaining to animals or have information materials related to animal welfare available, either for the asking or for a fee. Nearly all of the curricular and activity materials listed here are sold, even if underwritten by a non-profit organization. Humane education is considered a part of environmental education, and environmental education part of global or peace education, and consequently a few organizations pertaining to these broader concepts are also included. Addresses, names, telephone and fax numbers in this list are, of course, subject to change. A selection of Canadian and British organizations have also been
included. You should know that many national, regional, and local
organizations promote humane and environmental education and that
your phone book may reveal one closer or better for you than any listed
here. American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) An advocate for the abolition of animal experimentation, AAVS conducts public outreach programs, research, and lobbying. AAVS publishes the AV Magazine, pamphlets (e.g., Why We Oppose
Vivisection; Point/Counterpoint: Responses to Typical Pro-Vivisection
Arguments). Through its scientific arm, the Alternatives Research
and Development Foundation (ARDF), AAVS awards grants to researchers
for development of alternatives to traditional animal use in research.
The AAVS Educational Division, Animalearn, offers programs on animal
and environmental issues to students in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Nationally, Animalearn also trains teachers and activists to be humane
educations and provides expert speakers. Its magazine, Animalearn,
is written for 8-12 year olds. Each issue covers a different topic.
Animalearn's books include Animals in Society: Facts and Perspectives
on Our Treatment of Animals, a comprehensive text on animal issues
for secondary school students, by Zoe Weil, and So You Love Animals:
An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kinds Help Animals, also
by Zoe Weil. This last book offers games, skits, experiments and activities
to help students understand animals. American Humane Association (AHA) AHA's Animal Division offers its members, principally public and private humane societies, animal shelters and animal control offices, materials for use in their own programs. AHA's annual two-day workshops cover trends in the field (e.g., the link between child and animal abuse; age-specific humane education). AHA trains local people in the business of humane education. Its
Operational Guide: Humane Education describes strategies for teaching
humane education at all grade levels and includes suggestions on handling
controversial issues and on building awareness for animal programs.
Lesson plans, activity packets and teachers' guides are available,
including: Favorite Lessons by Humane Educators; The Animal Shelter,
a Home Away from Home; and Pet Responsibility: Citizenship Lessons
for Elementary Students. American Humane Education Society (AHES) AHES facilitates Operation OutReach-U.S.A., a national humane education
and literacy program for elementary schools. Operation OutReach-U.S.A.
provides training for teachers at the local level. It also provides
teachers with classroom materials, lesson plans, and free books for
students to encourage literacy and the responsible treatment of all
living things. Operation OutReach-U.S.A. is designed to build on itself
in each of the elementary grades through exposure for seven years.
Students receive a personal library of 14 animal stories by the time
they complete the sixth grade. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
The ASPCA "Extend the Web" program offers a wide variety of low-cost educational materials, curricula, videos, books and flyers for educators, children, and parents. The Web of Life consists of classroom lessons that engage children in hands-on, minds-on role playing simulations involving humane concepts. Program materials include an audiocassette, student activity sheets, lesson plans, and the original "Web of Life" theme song. Two different versions are available, grades K-3 and 4-6. Individuals or organizations may sponsor a classroom or classrooms. Also available is the Classroom Companion package. Published three
times a year, it includes 35 copies of the four-page children's
publication, Eye on Animals, and the A is for Animal teacher newsletter,
with tools and ideas on teaching humane awareness; and Kids, Animals,
and Literature: an Annotated Bibliography of Children's Books with
Positive, Humane Themes. Animal Protection Institute of America (API) A.P.E. News, API's animal protection education newsletter, is available
at no charge to educators across the USA. It includes ideas for use
in the classroom, ideas for introducing children to animal issues,
excerpts from recent books, reviews, and educational programs. Animal Rights Law Clinic The Clinic supports student groups at the secondary and college
level. Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Many AWIC bibliographies are available at the NetVet web server
site, http://netvet.wustl.edu/awic.htm. Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) AWI promotes the humane treatment of animals. AWI publications produced for teachers include: Factory Farming,
the Experiment that Failed; Facts about Furs; and First Aid and Care
of Small Animals. Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR) The AVAR Alternatives in Education database, a stand-alone database
for DOS-based personal computers, cites adjunct and supplemental teaching
tools, for use from grade school through medical or veterinary school.
Additional software is not required for this stand-alone database.
It is available for $5.00 from the Vacaville address on either 3?
or 5? inch diskettes. It is also available from the URL site in either
a Windows[TM] or MS-DOS[R] version. British Columbia Humane Education Society (BCHES) Teachers, students and interested individuals can obtain education memberships. The BCHES trains presenters to take programs to schools, daycares and youth groups. The BCHES offers education units for teachers from the Vancouver
Film School, e.g.: Dog Bite Safety Unit (lesson plan, video, brochures,
teacher's guide, level K-7; Kindness Counts: Empathy Unit (teacher's
guide to humane education, master activity sheets, general pet care
information, a class set of brochures, Every Kid's Pet Care Guide,
and a wall poster, level K-7; The [Urban] Coyote Kit (teacher;s guide,
wall poster, resource list, level intermediate). Canadian Environmental Network/R?seau canadien de l'environnement
Publications: Bulletin of the Canadian Environmental Network (BCEN); The Green List CEN/RCE is a non-governmental, non-profit network of over 1,800
environmental organizations, providing a cooperative forum for these
groups to share knowledge and expertise. Its concerns include clean
air, energy, environmental asessment, wilderness, forests, education,
and international affairs. Its regional networks are: -- Alberta Environmental Network -- British Columbia Environmental Network -- Manitoba Eco-Network -- New Brunswick Environmental Network -- Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Network -- Nornet-Northwest Territories -- Nornet-Yukon -- Nova Scotia Environmental Network -- Ontario Environmental Network -- Prince Edward Island Environmental Network -- R?seau qu?b?coise des groupes ?cologistes -- Saskatchewan Eco-Network First Nations Indigenous Environmental Network (FNIEN) Formerly known as the Indigenous People's Caucus FNIEN is organized
independently and works closely with the Canadian Environmental Network.
Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) The Federation is active in all areas of animal protection. Its
Education program works to integrate humane education studies into
the Canadian school system to promote a more humane attitude toward
animals, people, and the environment. Among its resources are the
videos Pet Pals (level K-5), Animal Crackers (level 3-8), and manuals
from its Humane Education Workshops. Center for Compassionate Living (CCL) CCL offers training, consulting, workshops and outdoor experiences for people who want to help the planet and all its inhabitants. Programs are designed for adults and young people for animal protection, environmental and social justice groups,humane educators, activists, business and civic groups and students of all ages. CCL workshops are intended to provide tools and information to fully live a vision of a healthy life for people, the planet, and other beings. CCL has inaugurated a humane education certification program as an off-campus, correspondence program, with 1-2 weeks of on-site training annually. Sowing Seeds: a Humane Education Workbook, designed for educators, provides specific suggestions for presentations, as well as guidelines for communicating and stimulating critical thinking. These workshops are recommended for those who would like to apply for certification. CCL also offers Empowerment Workshops and Transformations in the
Wilderness outdoor experiences. Center for Environmental Education The Center has prepared an Environmental Education Starter Kit,
a compilation from state and national organizations. The kit contains
a list of books (elementary, intermediate, and adult), an environmental
education conceptual framework, and other resources (agencies, organizations,
and videos), which educators may wish to consult in structuring their
environmental education programs. Center for Environmental Education The Green School Program is a four-part high school supplementary curricular program which uses existing environmental education materials: Peer partners in environmental education (gr 9); School organic garden program (gr 10); Student/school greening partnership (gr 11); and Student/business greening partnership (gr 12). Access to the Earthspirit bulletin board, which is free to schools, provides access to the Center's inventory of materials. The inventory is useful to teachers researching educational materials and to students needing information for reports. Its twice-yearly newsletter, The Grapevine, promotes networking and student empowerment and lists grants and awards, news, information on books and other resources, and a calendar. A School Library Program provides a tax-deductible way to promote environmental education in schools, customized to the school budget and educational needs. The Center's resource center and lending library includes teacher reviewed environmental education curricula titles, plus videos, books, periodicals, and activity programs. The book Blueprint for a Green School by Jayni Chase is available
from the Center or Scholastic Books. Classroom for Ethical Labs in the Life Sciences (CELLS) A coalition of local campaigns, CELLS seeks public support for
legislation supporting removal of dissection from the classroom. A
campaign starter kit is available from CELLS. Connecticut United for Research Excellence, Inc. (CURE) A nonprofit coalition of more than 50 Connecticut universities, research institutes, health related professional societies and corporations, hospitals, and volunteer health organizations. CURE seeks to increase public awareness of the importance and benefits of biomedical research and the process by which it is conducted. CURE holds speaker-training sessions, provides a Speakers' Bureau, makes presentations to community groups and schools, gives a mock institutional animal care and use committee presentation for community groups and schools, and distributes informational literature. BioRAP, its newsletter for grades 6-8 with a teacher's guide, is
widely available. Each issue addresses a single issue: Research Today
for a Healthy Tomorrow; Lyme Disease; Feline Leukemia Virus; Healthy
Skin in the 90s; The Challenge of Cancer; Product Safety, etc. Consumers for Healthy Options in Children's Education (CHOICE) CHOICE is a program of the Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM). CHOICE addresses children's poor diet and dietary habits by promoting the use of accredited plant-based nutrition education programs and the availability of wholesome, plant-based foods in school cafeterias. CHOICE selects suitable nutrition education curricula and supporting materials, motivates local consumer advocates and parent-teacher groups to request their use in the schools, and assists food service personnel in meeting the resulting demand. CHOICE recommends and supplies: What Are We Feeding Our Kids? (Workman,
1994); Healthy School Lunch Action Guide (EarthSave); and How on Earth!
the quarterly magazine. Council for Environmental Education (CEE) CEE encourages increasing understanding of the role of environmental education nationwide. CEE publishes the Annual Review of Environmental Education and a Newsheet, which includes details on resources and events. Its Youth Unit (YUCEE) encourages environmental awareness among
young people in England, Wales, and North Ireland. EarthKind A dynamic partnership of people working to improve the well being of animals and our environment. 1994 saw the launch of EarthKind's wildlife rescue ship, Ocean Defender. Members receive the magazine The Living World and the Ocean Defender Newslog. The Humane Education Centre also produces and distributes HEN: The
Humane Education Newsletter and the NICHE Newsletter. Ethical Science Education Coalition (ESEC) ESEC provides dissection alternatives to instructors on a temporary
loan basis. ESEC also prepared the catalog Beyond Dissection: Innovative
Teaching Tools for Biology Education for NEAVS. European Network of Individuals and Campaigns for Humane Education
(EuroNICHE) Alternatives Contact: EuroNICHE offers information and support to students, lecturers and campaigners across Europe. It strives "for the right to freedom of conscience and to promote alternative teaching methods to replace animals in undergraduate medical, biological and veterinary science. EuroNICHE-International is producing leaflets and pamphlets: Resource
directory; Alternatives overview; Conscientious objection; National
laws; Responsible use of animals; Guide to the internet. Fay Spring Center The Fay Spring Center coordinates and distributes Focus on Animals, a humane education program. It produces and distributes videotape documentaries, creates teaching guides for use with its own tapes, networks with producers and consumers of audiovisuals, assists producers with original footage and resource materials, works with teachers to encourage a more compassionate youth, and with the media nationwide. The Center's video catalog is available from the web site or the
Center. Titles include Bambi, the Disney classic, National Geographic
documentaries, PETA's expos?s, and vegetarian cooking classes. Feminists for Animal Rights (FAR) Editorial Office Dedicated to ending all forms of abuse against women and animals, FAR believes that the exploitation of animals and women "derives from the same patriarchal mentality" and that the feminist movements' neglect of animal rights has "done a great disservice to women and animals." FAR publishes and updates the Feminists for Animal Rights Bibliography
and the FAR Newsletter; back issues are available. FAR also sells
related books; write for a merchandise list. Food Animal Concerns Trusts (FACT) FACT is concerned with humane treatment of food animals (dairy cows, veal calves, beef cattle, hogs, poultry) and seeks humane solutions through public education and lobbying. NEST EGGS[R] Brand eggs is a successful marketing program for eggs
from hens that are kept without cages. In the late 1980s farming centers
in three states-- Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Maine-- produced NEST
EGGS for 150 East Coast and Midwest supermarkets. Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) FBR and NABR (National Association for Biomedical Research) are sister organizations representing the scientific community on the issues of humane care and treatment of research animals. FBR serves as the public information and education program and works to educate the public on the importance of animal research for the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. FBR considers itself "a formal opposition to animal rights activists who formerly went unchallenged" and maintains a speakers' bureau and public relations programs. FBR publishes booklets (e.g., Caring for Laboratory Animals; Health Benefits of Animal Research), videos (e.g., Caring for Life), and a Directory of Animal Rights/Animal Welfare Organizations. Write for a current list of publications and a speakers' kit. From submissions of its member organizations, NABR has also compiled
an Educational Resource Directory, 1993-1994. The Green Brick Road (GBR) GBR is a non-profit organization which specializes in resources and information for teachers and students of global and environmental education. Its fully cataloged library is available at the URL. Look for the Guide to Environmental and Global Education Resources. The most highly recommended resources, both in humane and environmental education, are available for purchase from GBR. Books by Graham Pike and David Selby, co-directors of the International
Institute for Global Education, are available in North America from
GBR. GREENSEARCH: The Environmental Information & Referral Clearinghouse
GREENSEARCH is a comprehensive reference service and database
addressing the full range of environmental issues and associated
information sources, including: organizations, books, periodicals,
software, films, specialized databases, internet sites and search engines.
GREENSEARCH offers the capability of customized on-line searches as
well as off-line research. Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) The nation's largest animal protection organization is "not opposed to the legitimate and appropriate utilization of animals" for human needs and further believes that humans have "neither the right nor the license to exploit or abuse any animals in the process." HSUS' educational arm is the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education (NAHEE). HSUS promotes public education to foster respect, understanding, and compassion for all creatures. HSUS publishes the magazines HSUS News and Animal Activist Alert and numerous brochures (Companion Animals; Fur Seals; Factory Farming; The Living Science: a Humane Approach to the Study of Animals in Elementary and Secondary School Biology). Alternatives Loan Library. HSUS provides up-to-date alternatives
to classroom animal dissection and live animal experimentation to
instructors on a temporary loan basis. For a list of the available
tools for all educational levels, contact the Associate Director of
Education, Animal Issues. International Association of Zoo Educators (IZE) An organization of the professional education officers of zoos and
related institutions, IZE encourages public interest in the use of
zoos, aquaria and other places that collect living animals for educational
purposes and conservation. IZE publishes a semiannual Journal, which
includes articles on program development, evaluation, and research.
International Institute for Global Education The Institute aims to contribute to the growth of global education in Ontario, Canada, and internationally through teaching programs, curriculum development, research, and networking. Its objectives are: to develop courses and programs focused on global education theory and practice; to engage in partnerships with school boards in Ontario; to undertake curriculum development and research projects on global education; and to initiate and participate in international collaborations and networks. Institute staff contribute to the Faculty of Education's elementary and secondary pre-service programs and offer a graduate course in Global Education Theory and Practice in conjunction with the Curriculum Department at the Ontario Institute of Secondary Education (OISE). A three-year Ontario Green Schools Project, designed to establish effective green schools, began in January 1993 in collaboration with the Halton and London school boards. Other projects include an Education for Citizenship project and the project Global Education in Outdoor Education in collaboration with outdoor education centers in Canada and the USA. The co-directors' and Institute's publications include: Reconnecting:
from National to Global Curriculum, a cross-curricular handbook for
teachers (London: World Wildlife Fund, 1995); EarthKind: a Teacher's
Handbook on Humane Education, by David Selby (Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham,
1995); and Perspectives on Childhood, an activity file on childhood
and children's rights (London: Cassell, 1996). These books are available
in North America through the Green Brick Road. International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR) ISAR seeks to enlighten the public about the exploitation and suffering of animals. It publishes a quarterly ISAR Report and numerous pamphlets (e.g., Experimental Psychology; Cosmetic Tests on Animals). ISAR circulates documentary films from its collection to schools
and colleges in the USA. Jews for Animal Rights (JAR) JAR, a nonmembership organization, promotes animal rights and the
alleviation of animal suffering. JAR Believes that "the earth and
all life is sacred because God created it." JAR encourages vegetarianism,
preventive medicine, and alternatives to animals in research. JAR
provides materials on celebrating bar/bat mitzvahs, confirmations,
and other holidays, in a manner consistent with JAR's goals. Micah
Publications is its publishing arm (e.g., the JAR Newsletter, and
books, Autobiography of a Revolutionary: Essays on Animal and Human
Rights; The Dark Face of Science; In Pity and In Anger; Judaism and
Animal Rights: Classical and Contemporary Responses). Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing Individuals and corporations united to develop in vitro alternatives to the use of whole animals in evaluating and testing commercial and medical products founded CAAT. CAAT validates alternative testing methods and encourages their use, conducts education and research programs. Besides its newsletter, CAAT publishes a newsletter for middle schools,
the CAATalyst. The Latham Foundation Latham promotes the ideas of interdependence of all living things,
justice, kindness and compassion for all life. Acts as a clearinghouse
for the exchange of ideas and resources on the relationship of humans
and animals. Produces and distributes documentaries. Broadcasts a
children's radio program and a weekly television series. Its publications
include books (e.g., Dynamic Relationships: Animals in the Helping
Professions; Universal Kinship: the Bond between All Living things)
and the quarterly Latham Letter. LivingEarth Learning Project The LivingEarth Learning Project, the humane education arm of NEAVS, offers a series of educational programs about animal and environmental issues for grades three through college in New England and parts of New York. The classroom presentations are interactive and flexible in length and format. LivingEarth also has a Video Loan Library, provides speakers for teacher in-service training and conferences, and publishes lessons plans, classroom activity materials, and other resource materials. Intended for educators, Sowing Seeds: a Humane Education Workbook,
provides specific suggestions for presentations along with guidelines
for communicating and stimulating critical thinking. National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) For nonanimal alternatives to dissection, NAVS offers three-dimensional models of the frog and fetal pig on loan to educators, students, and concerned individuals. These state-of-the-art models are hand-painted, anatomically accurate replicas of an adult female bullfrog and a fetal pig. Instructors are encouraged to examine the effectiveness of these models on a firsthand basis. Contact Linda Petty; a credit card or check deposit is required to assure return of the model. Call the NAVS dissection hot line for additional information on non-animal alternatives to dissection, and for manuals for students (Saying No to Dissection: Elementary; Objecting to Dissection: High School; Objecting to Dissection: College). NAVS also supplies a videotape overview of some of the new methods
that can replace dissection of animals, Advances in Humane Education:
Alternatives in Biology. National Association for Humane and Environmental Education (NAHEE)
NAHEE seeks to improve humane and environmental education programs nation-wide. It provides consultation to school systems, educational organizations, and humane societies interested in incorporating humane concepts in their educational master plan. NAHEE is the Youth Education Division of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). NAHEE's programs include the Adopt-a-Teacher Program, in which a teacher receives KIND News (in bundles of 32 copies a month), KIND Teacher, a teaching guide for KIND News, classroom posters, and KIND Club membership cards. Adopt-a-Teacher Programs are available to organizations or individuals and are provided at no cost to the teacher or school district. KIND News, written for elementary school children, is published at three reading levels. The Student Network News and Student Action Guide are intended for middle and high schools. The NAHEE packet Alternatives to Dissection is designed for both students and educators. NAHEE has also published People and Animals: a Humane Education
Curriculum Guide edited by Kathleen Savesky and Vanessa Malcarne (NAHEE,
c1981). It is in four volumes, by grade level, pre-school-kindergarten
to grades 5-6. National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) NCBA is a new organization, formed from the National Cattlemen's Association and the National Live Stock and Meat Board. It conducts research, information, education, and legislative programs for the beef industry. The Association develops science-based school materials for grades K-12; a wealth of nutrition education materials are also available. It has two kits including information on animal care: Things We Can Learn from a Cow and a Worm, a poster with teachers' guide and student activities for grades 5-6 science curriculums, and Caretakers All, a study print kit with teachers-guide and student activities for grades 3-4. All school education kits are tested with teachers and designed
to last for a number of years. Teachers who write to NCBA on school
letterhead may receive a free kit for the grade level and curriculum
they teach. Obtain a catalog of educational materials by calling the
NCBA Customer Service Department at 800-368-3138. National Consortium for Environmental Education and Training (NCEET)
NCEET helps educators explore the environment and investigate current issues with students and is building resources to support K-12 environmental education, including lists of media specialists, in-service providers, nature center staff, and curriculum developers. It is a partner in the Environmental Education Training Partnership. EE-Link, environmental education on the network, is funded by the
Environmental Protection Agency to provide access to environmental
education teaching resources on the internet. EE-Link includes links
to classroom resources, organizations and projects, literature, funding,
and regional resources. The Envirolink Network publication, K-12 Environmental
Resources on the Internet for Teachers is available at the gopher
and web sites. National FFA Organization (NFFAO) The FFA has developed Animal Welfare Instructional Materials (Madison,
Wisconsin, 1995) as a special project of its National Council for
Agricultural Education and the National FFA Foundation. National 4-H Council (N4-HC) Individual State 4-H Curriculum Committee catalogs are available. For example, the California 4-H Curriculum Committee catalog is available from county agricultural extension offices or the University of California Cooperative Extension (ANR Publications, University of California, 6701 San Pablo Ave, Oakland CA 94608-1239; 510-642-2431; Fax 510.643.5470; E-mail anrpubs@ucdavis.edu). Additional resources listed in the catalog, California 4-H Publications, 1996-1997, must be ordered from other sources (e.g., 4-H Oak Tree Project Video & Project Manual from Calaveras County UCCE, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas, California 95249; 209-754-6477). The 4-H Skills for Life Animal Science series are available at reasonable prices. Each project activity is in three levels plus a leader's activity guide. Covers cats, poultry, rabbits, dogs, goats, and dairy cattle. Ask for the Environmental Stewardship Program catalog. Its publications include: Educating Young People About Energy for Environmental Stewardship (for educators); Mud, Muck & Other Wonderful Things (ages 5-8); Cycling Back to Nature with Food Production and Pesticides (ages 5-18); and Operation Watershed, a computer environmental game for Macintosh and Windows. The On Common Ground environmental stewardship includes a curriculum
which helps build skills for collaboration, with emphasis on
participation, involvement, and practice. Building Common Ground workshops
are offered throughout the year. National Rifle Association (NRA) NRA lobbies to protect the right of the individual citizen to own and use firearms. NRA argues that hunting is a vital part of animal conservation and publishes the magazines, American Hunter and American Rifleman, as well as brochures (e.g., Improving Access to Private Land). The Hunter Youth Skills in Schools Program, the Hunter Youth Education
Center, in cooperation with the Boy Scouts of America and Future Farmers
of America, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) The NWF encourages the intelligent management and appreciation of
our natural resources. It operates Ranger Rick's Wildlife Camp, sponsors
National Wildlife Week, and produces daily and weekly radio programs.
NWF manages a large library of conservation-related publications and
publishes Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine and the National Wildlife
Magazine. New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) NEAVS opposes vivisection and product safety testing on animals. Its humane education arm is the LivingEarth Learning Project. NEAVS' Library Project offers kits to school librarians, which may be requested at no charge on school library stationery. Making a Difference: Action Guide for Students Who Love Animals, available in both high school and college versions, is intended for the beginning student group or the group looking for new ideas. It includes steps for getting started, effective communication skills, action ideas for the group and the individual, and information designed to keep the group going. The catalog Beyond Dissection: Innovative Teaching Tools for Biology
Education, edited by Sandra Larson (NEAVS, Boston, 1995), is also
available. It is a comprehensive printed catalog of nonanimal alternatives
to dissection, covering nearly 400 product listings. Listings cover
all major whole animal dissections, human and comparative anatomy,
organ or system anatomy and physiology, embryology, and genetics.
Product listings are suitable for all grade levels, elementary through
college, and are available in all price ranges. New Jersey Audubon Society The Society offers teacher education workshops to schools and school
districts by appointment. The workshops are also given regularly at
Society centers throughout New Jersey. The workshops include a preliminary
schoolyard survey and evaluation by an interpretive naturalist, an
interpretive guide to the available study area, suggested activities,
and descriptions of tools and materials. Actual games and simulations
are implemented during the workshop. The book, Bridges to the Natural World: a Natural History Guide
for Teachers of Grades Pre-K through 6, which embodies the workshop
and covers New Jersey habitats, natural history activities, and help
hints, was developed by Patricia Kane, Dale Rosselet, Karl Anderson,
and Carol Decker, a wildlife artist. North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) A multi-national organization of individuals and environmental organizations, with students in environmental education and studies as associates. NAAEE's objectives are to promote environmental education programs at all levels, coordinate environmental educational activities among programs and educational institutions, disseminate information about environmental educational activities appropriate for its members; assist educational institutions in beginning or developing programs, and serve as a resource to them; and, foster research and evaluation in connection with environmental education. Its programs include the Environmental Education Training Institute, Environmental Issues Forums, and Volunteer-Led Investigations of Neighborhood Ecology. NAAEE publications include a Directory of Environmental Educators;
the magazine the Environmental Communicator; Environmental Education
in the Schools; Grant Funding for Your Environmental Education Program:
Strategies and Options; Volunteers Teaching Children: a Guide for
Establishing Ecology Education Outreach Programs. Its Monographs in
Environmental Education and Environmental Studies includes Environmental
Activism Revisited: The Changing Nature of Communication Through
Organizational Public Relations, Special Interest Groups and the Mass
Media, edited by Larissa A. Grunig (Troy, Ohio : NAAEE, 1989). People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) PETA is an educational and activist organization which works to stop animal abuse and animal research. It advocates vegetarianism and the use of cruelty-free products. PETA's publications for elementary school teachers and students include the Lifetime Learning Systems's Share The World, a humane education curriculum unit for grades 3-5. It includes a teacher's guide, and activity packets. A non-copyright reproducible coloring book (We're All Animals Coloring Book) is also available. PETA offers elementary school teachers Kids Can Save The Animals! 101 Easy Things to Do, by Ingrid Newkirk (Warner, New York, 1991), and, to secondary school and college teachers, Save the Animals! 101 Easy Things You Can Do, by Ingrid Newkirk (Warner, New York, 1990). Teacher packets include Bringing Animal Issues Into Elementary & Middle School Classrooms, and Bringing Animal Issues into High School & College Classrooms. PETA offers students refusing dissection a dissection pack and teachers the video Their Future Is In Your Hands (Animal Aid, Tonbridge, Kent, 1992). PETA's student magazine is Grrr! the 'zine that bites back. Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PSYeta) PSYeta is an organization of psychologists, graduate students, institutions, animal rights organizations, and interested individuals. It seeks to ensure the proper treatment of animals used in behavioral research and education. PSYeta urges revision of curricula to include ethical issues in the treatment of animals. PSYeta has a speakers' bureau, tips on how to organize, and sample student rights policies. PSYeta supports students who are discriminated against in animal behavioral laboratories. PSYeta published the annual notebook, Humane Innovations and
Alternatives, from 1987 through 1994, and brochures (e.g., the Student
Rights Option: a Student Guide to Objecting to Psychology Animal Labs).
Portions of its newsletter and other publications can also be found
at the web site. Research Defence Society The Society "takes the view that we must first educate the public,
and particularly its younger members, about medical progress and the
research which underlies it before they will be able to fully appreciate
why animal-based research needs to be done. This will clearly be a
long-term task requiring the help of many of those involved in biological
research and teaching." Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) The RSPCA is a multi-national organization of individuals and organizations concerned about the well-being of wild and domestic animals in the United Kingdom. Opposes: unnecessary animal experimentation, habitat destruction, factory farming, and blood sports. Promotes: attitudes and behaviors supporting the dignity and rights of all animals; spaying and neutering of pets; and proper treatment of pets. The RSPCA publishes a pamphlet series RSPCA Information (e.g., Ethical
Concerns for Animals; Guide to Products Not Tested on Animals;
Alternatives to Animal Experiments). The series RSPCA Campaigns targets
issues (e.g., Bullfighting--Ban the Business; Thinking of Buying a
Parrot?). San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SF/SPCA) Its Ethical Studies Department has developed a curriculum, available in secondary and primary level versions, Introduction to Animals and Ethics, edited by Lynn Spivak (San Francisco SPCA, 1993) and publishes an issues newsletter, Animals & Ethics. The Animal Awareness Curriculum: a humane education curriculum for
preschool through eighth grade, revised by Kathleen McAdams (San
Francisco, 1992), is an all pets curriculum used throughout the San
Francisco School District. Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) Student Action Corps for Animals (SACA) Members are primarily high school and college students. SACA
coordinates a Stop-Dissection Campaign throughout the USA. A counseling
group on issues of students rights and empowerment, SACA assists students
in saying no to dissection and saying yes to vegetarianism. SACA offers
slide shows and speakers, and the publication 101 Non-Animal Biology
Lab Methods. Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy The Center publishes two newsletters, Animals & Public Policy
and The Alternatives Report, and proceedings of meetings it sponsors
on various animal-related policy issues (e.g., The Animal Research
Controversy; Zoos and Wildlife Conservation). UC Center for Animal Alternatives The Center publishes and continually updates a set of information resource guides on animal welfare and alternatives, which are: Bibliographies, Ethical Use of Animals, Internet Resources, Higher Education, Recommended Journals, Organizations, and Pre-College Science Education. This last guide is an introduction to resources on alternatives to animal use in the classroom, appropriate husbandry of animals, dissection: advocacy, opposition, and alternatives, and on the improvement of pre-college science education. These guides are also available at the gopher site: gopher.ucdavis.edu. The path is \School of Veterinary Medicine\Research Support. The Center also produces an occasional newsletter, UC Alert. Vegetarian Resource Group The Center maintains an active publishing program, which includes
the monthly Vegetarian Journal and books (e.g., The Vegetarian Software
Game, an IBM compatible program; Guide to Natural Food Restaurants
in the United States and Canada) and brochures (Guide to Non-Leather
Shoes). The Center also provides support for the establishment of
local vegetarian groups (Hints for Starting a Vegetarian/Environmental/Animal
Rights Group at Your School or College). Voyage Publishing Voyage Publishing brings the world to the classroom through the
web. Voyage summarizes current news stories on important environmental
topics in its educational magazine, Science and The Environment, Original
sources and contacts are listed for research purposes. All stories
are available for photocopying and distributing to the classroom.
Western Humane and Environmental Educators' Association (WHEEA)
A resource organization, WHEEA promotes humane attitudes and respect for the environment through education, sharing, and networking. WHEEA's constituency is humane education specialists, animal control officers, naturalists, teachers, and others interesting in promoting reverence for life. The Packrat, the WHEEA newsletter, includes notices of new resources.
The WHEEA Resource Guide, updated regularly, comprehensively lists
humane and environmental education materials. |
UC Center for Animal Alternatives
5/16/02
