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Show Environmental Awareness Guldlines Offered Guidelines for a program pro-gram of increased environmental envir-onmental awareness in the public schools are being be-ing offered by the Environmental1 En-vironmental1 Impact Office Of-fice of the University of Utah. The year-old program includes a three-hour seminar se-minar for teachers and administrators of Utah schools. Designed to help provide youngsters w ith a realistic understanding I of the life processes, the instruction is provided by David E. Lofgren, U environmental protection officer. "We think school children child-ren can enrich their lives through involvement with nature," Mr. Lofgren explains. ex-plains. In his seminars, he discusses such topics as environmental awareness, aware-ness, plant growth, air pollution problems, food and energy sources, wat- er quality, and selection of shelter materials. The LI environmentalist environmental-ist says study groups and other interested persons are welcome on the University Un-iversity campus, which has been designated as the state arboretum. In addition, he recommends that schools set aside their own special areas for nature enjoyment. "By providing Utahns with places where they can easily go to enjoy a natural setting, we prepare pre-pare them to more fully appreciate national parks and forests," Mr. Lofgren Lof-gren says. Suggestions and sample plans for such "nature enjoyment areas" are av- ailable at the University of Utah Environmental Impact Office, 2056 Annex, An-nex, telephone (801) 581-6070. |
