Bibliograph

Earth in mind, on education, environment, and the human prospect, David W. Orr ; [with a new introduction and essay by the author]

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Earth in mind, on education, environment, and the human prospect, David W. Orr ; [with a new introduction and essay by the author]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Earth in mind

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

55078602

Responsibility statement

David W. Orr ; [with a new introduction and essay by the author]

Sub title

on education, environment, and the human prospect

Table Of Contents

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

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