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The nature of design : ecology, culture, and human intention / David W. Orr.
"The environmental movement has often been accused of being overly negative - trying to stop "progress". The Nature of Design, on the other hand, is about starting things, specifically an ecological design revolution that changes how we provide food, shelter, energy, materials, livelihood, and deal with waste. Ecological design is an emerging field aiming to recalibrate what humans do in the world with how the world works as a biophysical system. Design in this sense is a large concept having to do as much with politics and ethics as with buildings and technology. This is a book that combines theory, practicality, and action."--BOOK JACKET.
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- ISBN: 9780195173680 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0195173686 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: x, 237 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004, c2002.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:may.16 Originally published: 2002. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-231) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I. The Problem of Ecological Design -- 1. Introduction: The Design of Culture and the Culture of Design -- 2. Human Ecology as a Problem of Ecological Design -- II. Pathologies and Barriers -- 3. Slow Knowledge -- 4. Speed -- 5. Verbicide -- 6. Technological Fundamentalism -- 7. Ideasclerosis -- 8. Ideasclerosis, Continued -- III. The Politics of Design -- 9. None So Blind: The Problem of Ecological Denial / David W. Orr and David Ehrenfeld -- 10. Twine in the Baler -- 11. Conservation and Conservatism -- 12. A Politics Worthy of the Name -- 13. The Limits of Nature and the Educational Nature of Limits -- IV. Design as Pedagogy -- 14. Architecture and Education -- 15. The Architecture of Science -- 16. 2020: A Proposal -- 17. Education, Careers, and Callings -- 18. A Higher Order of Heroism -- V. Charity, Wildness, and Children -- 19. The Ecology of Giving and Consuming -- 20. The Great Wilderness Debate, Again -- 21. Loving Children: The Political Economy of Design. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Donation ; Ian Wight ; 2016/05. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | GF75 .O77 2004 (Text) | 30221427 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |
David W. Orr is Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College. He is the author of Ecological Literacy and Earth in Mind, as well as more than 100 published articles. Among other awards, he has received a Lyndhurst Prize Fellowship and the National Wildlife Federation's National Achievement Award.
David W. Orr is Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College. He is the author of Ecological Literacy and Earth in Mind, as well as more than 100 published articles. Among other awards, he has received a Lyndhurst Prize Fellowship and the National Wildlife Federation's National Achievement Award.
