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About David Orr

David Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin College and a James Marsh Professor at the University of Vermont.
An award-winning scholar, he is renowned for his pioneering work on environmental literacy in higher education and ecological design.
Professor Orr is the author of ‘Ecological Literacy’ (1992), ‘The Nature of Design’ (2004) ‘The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics and the Environment in the Age of Terror’ (2004) and “Design on the Edge: The Making of a High Performance Building” (2006).
He is the recipient of a Bioneers Award (2003), a National Conservation Achievement Award by the National Wildlife Federation, a Lyndhurst Prize awarded by the Lyndhurst Foundation “to recognize the educational, cultural, and charitable activities of particular individuals of exceptional talent, character, and moral vision.” He was named “an Environmental Hero for 2004” by Interiors & Sources Magazine.