ABSTRACT
David Orr is a passionate orator barnstorming the country for the environment and a sustainable human future, reflecting his childhood in nature and a family line of preachers. Connectedness is at the hub of his philosophy, and he flows easily between the connections of spirituality and ecology. His is one of the most probing criticisms of education and its contribution to the mess we are in today. Orr chairs the environmental studies program at Oberlin, where he oversaw the development of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, a facility with state-of-the art ecological design that redefines the relationship between humankind and the environment. He is author of numerous books including the must-reads: Earth in Mind and Ecological Literacy.
