ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thermodynamics, Thomas Merton, Elie Wiesel

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Stephen Scharper

Document Summary

Lecture 2 (what is an educaion for in our ecological moment?) David orr: the oberlin project: vision for sustainability- david orr"s aim. The projects aim is to revitalize- and reconstruct the community with sustainable features. - Eliminate carbon emissions, restore local agriculture, food and supply. Their current goal: to shit american ciies and colleges into renewable energy sources: anthropocene era, a litle about the writer: david orr what is educaion for? from earth in. Mind: on educaion environment and the human prospect (professor of. Environmental studies at the oberlin college in ohio-first college to accept black people as equals) : 6 myths of modern educaion-according to david orr, ignorance is a solvable problem-> myth! It"s an inescapable part of the human condiion. - there will always be ignorance -ex. with cfc"s (chlorolurocarbonmanmade chemicals [thomas midgely jr. invented it] used mainly for aircondiioning) and what they did to the ozone.