Earth in mind : on education, environment, and the human prospect

Orr, David W. 1944- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1559634952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781559634953 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiv, 221 p. ; 23 cm.
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Edition: 10th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. What is education for? -- 2. The dangers of education -- 3. The problem of education -- 4. The business of education -- 5. Love -- 6. Some thoughts on intelligence -- 7. Reflections on water and oil -- 8. Virtue -- 9. Forests and trees -- 10. Politics -- 11. Economics -- 12. Judgment : Pascal's Wager and economics in a hotter time -- 13. Rating colleges -- 14. The problem of disciplines and the discipline of problems -- 15. Professionalism and the human prospect -- 16. Designing minds -- 17. Architecture as pedagogy -- 18. Agriculture and the liberal arts -- 19. Educating a constituency for the long haul -- 20. Love it or lose it : the coming biophilia revolution -- 21. A world that takes its environment seriously -- 22. Prices and the life exchanged : costs of the U.S. food system -- 23. Refugees or homecomers? : conjectures about the future of rural America -- 24. Hope in hard times -- Conclusion : Earth in mind.