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Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment and the Human Prospect

Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment and the Human Prospect

by David W . Orr (Author)

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    Paperback 1994

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Synopsis

In Earth in Mind, Orr focuses not on problems in education, but on the problem of education. Much of what has gone wrong with the world, he argues, is the result of inadequate and misdirected education that alienates us from life in the name of human domination; causes students to worry about how to make a living before they know who they are; overemphasizes success and careers; separates feeling from intellect and the practical from the theoretical and deadens the sense of wonder for the created world. The crisis we face, Orr explains, is one of mind, perception, and values. It is, first and foremost, an educational challenge.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 222
 Publisher: Island Press
Published: 30 Nov 1994
ISBN 10: 155963295X
ISBN 13: 9781559632959

Media Reviews
As a rule economists understand economics, ecologists the environment, and educators teaching. David Orr is one of the rare authors who understands all three, and in these finely etched and admirable essays he delivers the revolutionary credo necessary, in my opinion, for the long-term survival of our species. --Edward O. Wilson
Justly removing the hide with the hair, David Orr here examines the calamitous 'success' of the industrial economy and of the educational system that subserves it.... Earth in Mind is also a manual of ideas and possibilities for those who want to work toward a better end than the one now in view. --Wendell Berry author of The Distant Land
David Orr is a seasoned doer as well as thinker, whose primary concern education could be the very pivot on which our society turns back toward life. If such dramatic and necessary change in our teaching and learning does begin, much will be owed to the ideas herein. --Stephanie Mills author of Epicurean Simplicity
Author Bio

David W. Orr is chair of the environmental studies program at Oberlin College, and education editor of the journal Conservation Biology His previous books include Ecological Literacy and Environmental Responsibility.