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 crisis of mind, which makes it a crisis of those institutions which purport to improve minds. — 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 to the leaders of tomorrow and the leaders of today. What they do matters to the… — 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
