Post Carbon Fellow David Orr’s work at Oberlin College was featured in this extensive article in Sierra Club Magazine’s ‘Cool Schools’ edition.

From the article:

Orr’s view of hope during an age when the parts per billion of carbon in the atmosphere is approaching catastrophic levels is not unlike his view of patience: Both are practical values. "It’s a tough time to be a teacher," the professor says. "Kids’ hormones tell them to be optimistic. The numbers tell them differently." So he has taken a lesson from E.F. Schumacher, author of Small Is Beautiful and A Guide for the Perplexed. "Schumacher said that if you ask, ‘Can humankind survive?’ and answer no, people become despondent. If you answer yes, they become complacent. So instead, [Schumacher] says, ‘Get down to work.’"

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