... laws governing pollution tend to move pollutants from one medium to another. So, for example, we scrub SO2 from power plants only to dispose toxic sludge on land. We "clean" water only to disperse toxic-laced solids on farmland or… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion. — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
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 Image
Our experience of the world is being impoverished to the extent that it is being rendered artificial and prepackaged. — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
... 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
