Accompanied by: Posters: The earth's fractured surface and Living on the edge / National Geographic Society. Bird migration in the Americas / National Geographic Society. Common feeder birds / East. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. World population data sheet / Population Reference Bureau. The water cycle / Nature's Recycling System. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service -- Satellite imagery: North and South America / Photo Researchers. North America / Photo Researchers. The living earth / SPACESHOTS INC. The U.S.A. at night / Hansen Planetarium -- Transparencies: TOMS imagery of the Antartic Ozone Hole (10 images) / National Aeronautics and Space Administration, TOMS Project. TOMS Imagery of the Antarctic Ozone Hole (2 images) / National Aeronautics and Space Administration, TOMS Project. Weather satellite imagery / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Dept. of Commerce. Forces at work. A soil profile. A soil ecosystem. The water cycle -- Postcard: Save our streams / Izaac Walton League. -- Brochure: Have you seen this bird? / Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Maps: Topographic quadrangle / U.S. Geological Survey. World map. 1995, world population / Richard Furno -- 2030, world population / Richard Furno --Metric conversion card / National Institutes of Standards and Technology.

"The idea for this project originated with the publication, Understanding our environment, DuPont/Conoco, Birmingham, England, 1991, which has been translated into several European languages and inspired the present series."