Hope Is an Imperative

by Orr, David W.; Capra, Fritjof

• ISBN13: 9781597266994
• ISBN10: 159726699X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-01
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

For more than three decades, David Orr has been one of the leading voices of the environmental movement, championing the cause of ecological literacy in higher education, helping to establish and shape the field of ecological design, and working tirelessly to raise awareness of the threats to future generations posed by humanity's current unsustainable trajectory. Hope Is an Imperativebrings together in a single volume Professor Orr's most important works. These include classics such as What Is Education For?," one of the most widely reprinted essays in the environmental literature, The Campus and the Biosphere," which helped launch the green campus movement,and Loving Children: A Design Problem," which renowned theologian and philosopher Thomas Berry called the most remarkable essay I've read in my whole life." The book features thirty-three essays, along with an introductory section that considers the evolution of environmentalism, section introductions that place the essays into a larger context, and a foreword by physicist and author Fritjof Capra. Hope Is an Imperativeis a comprehensive collection of works by one of the most important thinkers and writers of our time. It offers a complete introduction to the writings of David Orr for readers new to the field, and represents a welcome compendium of key essays for longtime fans. The book is a must-have volume for every environmentalist's bookshelf.

Author Biography

David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College and the author of six previous books.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
The Fundamentals
Verbicide	p. 5
Slow Knowledge	p. 13
Speed	p. 21
Love	p. 30
Reflections on Water and Oil	p. 35
Gratitude	p. 41
Orr's Laws	p. 46
On Sustainability
Walking North on a Southbound Train	p. 57
Four Challenges of Sustainability	p. 66
The Problem of Sustainability	p. 73
Two Meanings of Sustainability	p. 93
Leverage	p. 112
Shelf Life	p. 118
The Constitution of Nature	p. 126
Diversity	p. 139
All Sustainability Is Local: New Wilmington, Pennsylvania	p. 145
On Ecological Design
Designing Minds	p. 165
Loving Children: A Design Problem	p. 172
Further Reflections on Architecture as Pedagogy	p. 180
The Origins of Ecological Design	p. 186
The Design Revolution: Notes for Practitioners	p. 198
On Education
Place as Teacher	p. 213
The Problem of Education	p. 229
What Is Education For?	p. 237
Some Thoughts on Intelligence	p. 246
Ecological Literacy	p. 251
Place and Pedagogy	p. 262
The Liberal Arts, the Campus, and the Biosphere	p. 270
On Energy and Climate
Pascal's Wager and Economics in a Hotter Time	p. 285
The Carbon Connection	p. 292
2020: A Proposal	p. 300
Baggage: The Case for Climate Mitigation	p. 308
Long Tails and Ethics: Thinking about the Unthinkable	p. 316
Hope (in a Hotter Time)	p. 324
At the End of Our Tether? The Rationality of Nonviolence	p. 333
Sources	p. 341
Permissions	p. 353
About David W. Orr	p. 353
Index	p. 357
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