This article focuses on the inclusion of local environmental education for a class of kindergarten children in Austin, Texas. The purpose is to inspire educators to include local waterways as a compelling source for children to learn alongside environmental challenges in their immediate contexts, to learn how to live in reciprocal relations with water, and to care for water as essential to all life on earth.

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参与活水：调查儿童与当地奥斯汀溪的关系

本文重点介绍德克萨斯州奥斯汀市某班幼儿园儿童的当地环境教育。其目的是激励教育工作者将当地水道作为一个引人注目的来源，让孩子们在他们眼前的环境中与环境挑战一起学习，学习如何与水建立互惠关系，并照顾对地球上所​​有生命至关重要的水。