Embodied in this collection of readings in environmental awareness are excerpts, statements, testimony, and personal philosophies presented by national leaders concerned with our environment. Major items include: "Environmental Literacy" by Richard Nixon from his introduction to the First Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality, August, 1970; "The Insatiable Monster" by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, excerpted from a speech on the preservation of the countryside; "Ecological Crisis Demands New Ethic of Responsibility" by Dr. George Harrar, President, Rockefeller Foundation; "The Church and Man's Relationship to the Environment" by Richard Baer, Earlham College, Indiana; "The Value of Good Design" by Nathan Cabot Hale, sculptor; testimony before the House Select Subcommittee on Education hearings on environmental education, 1970; and statements appearing in the "Background Book" of the 13th National Conference of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, California, 1969. (BL)