Oct. 2--Calculating Ecological Footprint

In preparation for participating in an exercise to calculate how much of the earth's biosphere it takes to support our life style, be thinking about the following for Friday:
1) how often do you eat meat
2) how much of the food you eat is pre-packaged
3) what is the size of your home
4) how far do you travel on public transportation each week
5) how far do you travel in a car each week
6) how many hours a year do you fly

Sept. 30--Dave Orr on Environmental Education

Be prepared to respond to the following quotes from Orr's article:
"The skills, aptitudes, and attitudes necessary to industrialize the earth are not necessarily the same as those that will be needed to heal the earth or to build durable economies and good communities."

Orr says we must strike at the "oldest and most comfortable assumption of all: that education can take place only in 'educational' institutions."

"We ought to encourage our students to find their calling in good and necessary work."

And this closing quote by E.F. Schumacher: "Education which fails to clarify our central convictions is mere training or indulgence. For it is our central convictions that are in disorder, and, as long as the present anti-metaphysical temper persists, the disorder will grow worse. Education, far from ranking as [our]greatest resource, will then be an agent of destruction." Do you hear bell hooks in this?