PROMOTING GROUND WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION IN SMALL BUSINESSES1

ABSTRACT: Although they have not been the focus of major regulations, small businesses can contribute pollutants to ground water through routine practices. Because strict regulation of millions of micro firms is not likely, water resource professionals face a challenge of how to reach small business operators with effective pollution prevention messages. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence a small business operator to adopt measures that reduce potential ground water pollution. We looked at how information delivery, internal business characteristics, and external relationships are associated with voluntary preventive measures. Mail surveys from small businesses in New Jersey municipalities and interviews with business owners provided data about business characteristics and current pollution prevention activities. Findings suggested that businesses doing the most to prevent ground water pollution were generally more connected to external organizations and had more financial and technical resources. The study also discovered that small business owners fear government involvement in their affairs. The study concludes with recommendations to encourage more voluntary adoption of prevention measures by businesses. These center on separating assistance programs from enforcement and involving industry peer groups in an effort to make information available in a non-threatening manner.     

Education for Change

The author uses two publications, Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe (Alesina and Glaeser) and Poetry magazine, to underscore the important role that educational institutions play in developing a person’s political philosophy and imagination. European nations, for instance, have better funded social welfare programs than the US because their system of public education incorporates more liberal or left-leaning teachings into their standard curricula. The author sees implications for a more intentional approach to education in the US for those who are interested in changing the food system. If American educational institutions viewed their role as producing food competent citizens, he argues, then we would be more successful in addressing obesity, promoting a more sustainable food system, and even reducing poverty. Food system activists, dieticians and nutritionists, parents, and elected officials should take a more aggressive position with educational institutions to develop programs, services, and curricula capable of achieving these ends.     

英国职业技术教育的特点

职业技术教育资格证书体系分为普通教育证书(OCE)、国家职业资格证书和国家普通职业资格证书,三者之间具有相互联系的等价关系．英国高等教育由双重制走向于单一制,这反映了世界高等教育发展的三大主要趋势,即强化市场意识,加强与社会的联系,重视提高质量．继续教育是指学生在16岁后所接受的教育和培训,包括普通中等教育证书考试高级水平课程、普通中等教育证书考试补充高级水平课程、国家通用职业资格和预科课程(亦称为基础课程)．多科技术学院主要承担高等职业教育任务,由中央政府委托组合社团(或协会)作为学校的社会管理机构,普遍实行“三明治”教育模式．职业技术教育理念是以学生为中心,提倡个性化教育．1944年颁布的《教育法》是教育改革的基本法,对英国的职业教育具有划时代的意义;1976年制定的《综合中学设置促进法》促进综合中学迅速发展;1988年《教育法》确定职业教育必须为当地工商企业培养应用型技术人才,办学模式、管理方式、课程设置均注重与企业的结合,突出技术教育,成为英国职业技术教育的新型类型．     

Industrial waste management simulation game and its educational effect

The purposes of this study were to develop the Industrial Waste Game and to examine the validity of this game as a tool for environmental education. The aim of this game is to enable players to understand the social dilemma between individual interest of hazardous dumping and the social cost of purifying pollution, and to find a solution to the social dilemma by providing the monitoring and sanction system for illegal dumping or other efficient systems. The game was played by 213 undergraduate students who were divided into 40 groups of 5 to 6 people. One of 4 combinations of monitoring and penalty conditions was assigned to each group. The players were asked to answer questionnaires concerning their interests and understanding of the industrial waste issue before and after the game to evaluate educational effects. The results indicated that the players increased their awareness of industrial waste problems and came to understand that these problems were caused not by psychological factors such as immorality of the illegal dumper but mainly by social structural factors like the social dilemma. Through playing the game and participating in post-game discussion, players were able to obtain interesting experience and gain motivation to learn more.     

开展新形势下环境保护宣传教育工作的几点思考

环境保护事业在发展，宣传教育工作也要与时俱进。环境保护不仅是一门专业，更重要的是一个理念，是新的文明和新的文化形态。宣传这种理念需要一种无私的奉献精神，更需要一种有效的手段。在强化公众的环保意识的同时，更要针对领导干部、企业负责人、消费者等不同群体开展环保教育，建立宣传教育的配套机制，依托多元主体，进行各有侧重的环境保护宣传教育。     

英语素质教育方法之一——自由演讲(Free Speech)

自由演讲是英语教育中素质教育的一个重要方法，以提高学生的口语能力为目标，激发学生的学习兴趣，为之后的课本学习打下良好基础。具体形式有三种：自我表述式（起始阶段），重在引导学生积极发言，提高兴趣；表演问答式（发展阶段），进一步发展学生能力，提高层次；话题讨论式（提高阶段），发展学生自我表述能力，进程控制能力，达到融会贯通。     

浅析新形势下的“三工”交全教育工作

随着经济体制改革的深化，传统的用工制度已经被打破，一线作业人员“三工”比例增加。本文分析了“三工”作业人员安全生产的薄弱之处，提出了强化“三工”人员安全教育工作主要对策。     

中小城市中学师生环保意识调查——以湖南省永州市为例

公众的环保意识对国家环境保护政策的制定与实施具有重要影响。最大限度地促进公众参与环保与和谐社会的创建,能有力地推进整个社会环保工作的开展。中学师生作为公众的关键性窗口群体,其环保意识的强弱直接关系到该地区或国家的民众环保意识、公众参与环保水平及未来环境可持续发展状况。本文通过对湖南省永州市城区中学师生环保意识随机抽样调查,分析了师生的环保意识水平。总体来看,大多数师生具备必要的环境知识,但其中相当一部分环境意识比较薄弱,而环保行为更是普遍不足,因此加强在校学生的环境教育和培养在职教师自身环保素质尤显重要。并提出相应的建议。     

农村中小学环境教育的几点思考

中小学环境教育是基础教育的组成部分,首要任务是培养青少年爱护环境、保护环境的意识。在农村进行中小学环境教育,方式和方法要适合农村特点。为此,对农村中小学环境教育进行初步探讨,提出方法和措施。