Transition from David Orr to Thich Nhat Hanh PDF

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First Principles
• Love
• Intelligence
• Wisdom
• Virtue
• Responsibility
• Good sense
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Transition from David Orr to Thich Nhat Hanh In Earth in Mind, David Orr presents the currently ecological situation that this planet faces as a failure of education and the educational model that dominates particularly in industrialized western nations. If education is the problem, then what are the potential solutions?    

Reform the educational system – change/ “fix” Dismantle the educational system – destroying Leave it alone Orr suggests that there are particular principles (“First Principles”) that should be reintroduced into education in order to save the education system and the planet and by extension the human species.

What is the actual problem that Orr is attempting to confront?

The Plan – Reading Love Letter to the Earth 1. 2. 3. 4.

Read Chapter One: We Are the Earth Has Hanh defined “the problem”? Is his view of the problem similar to or different from the way Orr defines “the problem”? Discuss Hanh approach to the problem?...