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010 _a 90028767
020 _a0791408736 (alk. paper)
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100 1 _aOrr, David W.,
_d1944-
245 1 0 _aEcological literacy :
_beducation and the transition to a postmodern world /
_cDavid W. Orr.
260 _aAlbany :
_bState University of New York Press,
_c1992.
300 _axiii, 210 p. ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aSUNY series in constructive postmodern thought
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aEducation
_xAims and objectives.
650 0 _aEnvironmental education.
650 0 _aHuman ecology.
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