REPORTS OF THE PANEL CHAIRMEN 669 



Schools also need natural areas adjoining them (or in ready ac- 

 cess) for study by children and for the significant, although subtle, 

 "teaching" and "learning" afforded by such areas. Such natural 

 areas, however, should be developed to minister to what seems often 

 to be the disorderly activity of children, but which nevertheless ful- 

 fills their creative needs. 



C. With regard to the general junctions subsumed under Instruction 

 and Demonstration: Lay Groups, we specifically recommend-' 



( 1 ) Presently many exceedingly important groups exist with wide 

 interest and wide activity in conservation, redevelopment, and main- 

 tenance of natural beauty. For example, such groups as the Audu- 

 bon Society, National Wildlife Federation, park and recreation or- 

 ganizations, chambers of commerce, garden clubs, organizations 

 of women voters, Young Men's and Young Women's Christian and 

 Hebrew associations, parent-teacher groups, labor organizations, 

 farmers groups, and citizens groups of all manner and form. 



We recommend the establishment of a commission or task 

 force on establishment of community models in conservation, 

 redevelopment, and natural beauty, drawn from these groups. 



We refer particularly to the development of "pedagogical mod- 

 els" of home, garden, and local areas designed to demonstrate 

 local environments of natural beauty particularly for their edu- 

 cational import. We seek particularly to develop collaborative 

 efforts. 



Such coordination and collaboration might be stimulated under 

 title IV, section 401, of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

 Act of 1965. 



(2) The establishment of a commission or task force concerned 

 with public communications on methods of conservation and main- 

 tenance of natural beauty. 



Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and others with the 

 support of the Advertising Council should develop coordinated edu- 

 cational programs (in addition to those existing) designed to dis- 

 seminate methods concerned with the maintenance of natural 

 beauty. 



Authorization might be similar to that under section IV of the 

 Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Authorization for this func- 

 tion might also be developed under title VII of the National De- 

 fense Education Act. 



