David W. Orr Quote

It is not education, but education of a certain kind, that will serve us. And the current model of western, urban-centered, school-based, education, which is so often more focused on turning children into efficient corporate units rather than curious and open-minded adults, will only lead us further down the wrong path.


Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect (ed. Island Press, 2004) - ISBN: 9781559634953


It is not education, but education of a certain kind, that will serve us. And the current model of western, urban-centered, school-based, education,...

It is not education, but education of a certain kind, that will serve us. And the current model of western, urban-centered, school-based, education,...

It is not education, but education of a certain kind, that will serve us. And the current model of western, urban-centered, school-based, education,...

It is not education, but education of a certain kind, that will serve us. And the current model of western, urban-centered, school-based, education,...