Main Title |
Earth in mind : on education, environment, and the human prospect / |
Author |
Orr, David W.,
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Publisher |
Island Press, |
Year Published |
2004 |
OCLC Number |
55078602 |
ISBN |
1559634952 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781559634953 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Environmental education--Philosophy ;
Education--Philosophy ;
Environnement--Etude et enseignement--Philosophie
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKBM |
GE70.O77 2004 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
04/13/2007 |
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Edition |
10th anniversary ed. |
Collation |
xiv, 221 p. ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Pt. 1. The problem of education -- 1. What is education for? -- 2. The dangers of education -- 3. The problem of education -- 4. The business of education -- Pt. 2. First principles -- 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 -- Pt. 3. Rethinking education -- 13. Rating colleges -- 14. The problem of disciplines and the discipline of problems -- 15. Professionalism and the human prospect -- 16. Designing minds -- 17. Architect as pedagogy -- 18. Agriculture and the liberal arts -- 19. Educating a constituency for the long haul -- Pt. 4. Destinations -- 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. |