Orr, David W., 1944- Earth in mind : : on education, environment, and the human prospect / [electronic resource] / David W. Orr.. — Washington, DC : : Island Press,, c1994.. — ix, 213 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. The problem of education: What is education for? -- The dangers of education -- The problem of education -- The business of education -- Part 2. First principles: Love -- Some thoughts on intelligence -- Reflections on water and oil -- Virtue -- Forests and trees -- Politics -- Economics -- Judgment: Pascal's wager and economics in a hotter time -- Part 3. Rethinking education: Rating colleges -- The problem of disciplines and the discipline of problems -- Professionalism and the human prospect -- Designing minds -- Architecture as pedagogy -- Agriculture and the liberal arts -- Educating a constituency for the long haul -- Part 4. Destinations: Love it or lose it: the coming biophilia revolution -- A world that takes its environment seriously -- Prices and the life exchanged: costs of the U.S. food system -- Refugees or homecomers? Conjectures about the future of rural America -- Conclusion: Earth in mind.