CLEAN ENERGY NOW!

Spring 2002 Energy Summit Speakers

Sarah Brush Kristen Jule Melissa Payne Steve Smith Kristin Casper Patrick Keegan Karl Rábago Joel Swisher Sarah Creighton Duncan Marsh Kassie Rorhbach Mark Udall Faith Gemmill Peter Morton Claudine Schneider Randy Udall Susan Innis David Orr Walter Simpson Sarah Zisa

 

David Orr

David W. Orr is currently Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College. He was awarded a National Conservation Achievement Award by the National Wildlife Federation in 1993, a Lyndhurst Prize in 1992 awarded by the Lyndhurst Foundation "to recognize the educational, cultural, and charitable activities of particular individuals of exceptional talent, character, and moral vision," the Benton Box Award from Clemson University for his work in Environmental Education (1995), and an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Arkansas College in May, 1990.

David is the author of Earth in Mind (1994) and Ecological Literacy (1992) and more than 90 articles. He is also the co-editor of The Campus and Environmental Responsibility co-edited with David Eagan (Jossey-Bass, 1992), and The Global Predicament co-edited with Marvin Soroos (University of North Carolina Press, 1979).

Dr. Orr is the Education Editor for Conservation Biology and a member of the editorial advisory board of Orion Nature Quarterly. He is a Trustee of the Educational Foundation of America, The Annenberg Rural Challenge, and the JED Fund. He is a member of the Education Visiting Committee of the New England Aquarium in Boston and a member of the Board of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley.