94-03-18 Environmental Educator David Orr to Make Public Presentations at U.Va. April 11

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR DAVID ORR TO MAKE 
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AT U.VA. APRIL 11

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 18 -- David Orr, a leading
environmental educator, will make two public presentations at the
University of Virginia on April 11.
     Orr, chair of the environmental studies department at Oberlin
College and founder of the Meadowcreek Educational Project, will
speak at noon in Campbell Hall Room 153 as part of a School of
Architecture series on environmental issues, in commemoration of
Thomas Jefferson's birthday.
     At 7 p.m. at the same location he will participate in a
teachers' workshop and public presentation titled "Ecological
Literacy:  Education for the Long Haul."  The workshop is sponsored
by the Living Education Center for Ecology and the Arts, in
conjunction with the Tandem Center for the Environment, and the
U.Va. Institute for Environmental Negotiation.
     The presentation will address the basic ecological
responsibilities of education and ways that participants might
become active in implementing positive changes both in and out of
the classroom.
     Orr is the education editor of Conservation Biology and author
of "Ecological Literacy and the Transition to a Postmodern World";
"The Campus and Environmental Responsibility"; and "The Global
Predicament:  Ecological Perspective on World Order."
     The presentations are free and open to the public.  Teachers
of all subjects, disciplines and grade levels are invited to
attend.  Teachers wishing to obtain recertification or staff
development credits for their participation are asked to
preregister by calling Ernie Reed at the Living Education Center,
at (804) 971-1647.
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                                                   March 17, 1994

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Mon, 21 Mar 94 16:13:24 EST]