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Ecological literacy : education and the transition to a postmodern world / David W. Orr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in constructive postmodern thoughtPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, 1992.Description: xiii, 210 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0791408736 (alk. paper)
  • 0791408744 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 375/.0083 20
LOC classification:
  • LB41 .O77 1992
Contents:
The problem of sustainability--Two meanings of sustainability--A tale of two systems: sustainability in international perspective--Fragments of strategy--Ecological literacy--The liberal arts, the campus, and the biosphere: an alternative to Bloom's vision of education--A prerequisite to the great books of Allan Bloom: a syllabus for ecological literacy--Place and pedagogy--Education and sustainability: an approach--What is education for?--Is environmental education an oxymoron? Having failed to manage ourselves, we will now manage the planet? An opinion from the back forty--What good is a rigorous research agenda if you don't have a decent planet to put it on? (apologies to Thoreau)--Food alchemy and sustainable agriculture.
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Books Books Zetech Library - Mang'u General Stacks Non-fiction LB41 .O77 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Z011300

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problem of sustainability--Two meanings of sustainability--A tale of two systems: sustainability in international perspective--Fragments of strategy--Ecological literacy--The liberal arts, the campus, and the biosphere: an alternative to Bloom's vision of education--A prerequisite to the great books of Allan Bloom: a syllabus for ecological literacy--Place and pedagogy--Education and sustainability: an approach--What is education for?--Is environmental education an oxymoron? Having failed to manage ourselves, we will now manage the planet? An opinion from the back forty--What good is a rigorous research agenda if you don't have a decent planet to put it on? (apologies to Thoreau)--Food alchemy and sustainable agriculture.

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