Unrestrained automobility, hedonism, individualism, and conspicuous consumption cannot be sustained because they take more than they give back. A spiritually impoverished world cannot be sustained because meaninglessness, anomie, and despair will corrode the desire to be sustained and the belief… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
Journey of the Universe is eloquent, accessible, and powerful, and conveys a sense of wonder ranging from the cosmos to the microcosm--in itself a… — David W. Orr Copy Share
There is a myth that the purpose of education is to give one the means for upward mobility and success. The plain truth is… — David W. Orr Copy Share
What can educators do to foster real intelligence?.. .We can attempt to teach the things that one might imagine the earth would teach us:… — David W. Orr Copy Share
A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion. — David W. Orr Copy Share
Unrestrained automobility, hedonism, individualism, and conspicuous consumption cannot be sustained because they take more than they give back. A spiritually impoverished world cannot be… — David W. Orr Copy Share
Our experience of the world is being impoverished to the extent that it is being rendered artificial and prepackaged. — David W. Orr Copy Share
For three decades and longer we have been developing the ideas, science, and technological wherewithal to build a sustainable society. The public knows of… — David W. Orr Copy Share
The planetary emergency unfolding around us is, first and foremost...a crisis of thought, values, perceptions, ideas and judgments. In other words, it is a… — David W. Orr Copy Share
... laws governing pollution tend to move pollutants from one medium to another. So, for example, we scrub SO2 from power plants only to… — David W. Orr Copy Share
“The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and… — David W. Orr Copy Share
It is much easier to make intellectual messes than it is to clarify complicated issues, especially when real solutions would challenge the status quo… — David W. Orr Copy Share
Real security, in other words, is inseparable from issues of energy policy; education; public health; preservation of soils, forests, and waters; and broadly based,… — David W. Orr Copy Share
No institutions in modern society are better equipped to catalyze the necessary transition to a sustainable world than colleges and universities. They have access… — David W. Orr Copy Share
In an ecological perspective, in other words, there are few accidents or anomalies, only outcomes based on system structure and dynamics. Climate change and… — David W. Orr Copy Share
Our true destiny...is a world built from the bottom up by competent citizens living in solid communities, engaged in and by their places. — David W. Orr Copy Share
