books by The Orion Society

books by The Orion Society

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The Orion Society

Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education (Nature Literacy Series, Vol. 1) (Nature Literacy) ...

Sobel David

Orion Society, 1999

*A CLASSIC FOR YOUR LIBRARY AND MINE*
I have worked with youth as an environmental educator, horticultural therapist, and counselor. I've done quite a bit of reading by authors from various disciplines, and I believe that this book is truly one-of-a-kind. Sobel's developmental theory is sound, and his ...

Citizens Dissent: Sceurity, Morality, and Leadership in an Age of Terror

Wendell; Duncan, David James Berry

Orion Society, 2003

Wendell Berry Hits a Home Run!
This is the book that includes Berry's famous New York Times statement, "A Citizen's Response to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America," that has quickly become one of the most important pieces of expository writing in American civil discourse. ...

Into the Field: A Guide to Locally Focused Teaching (Nature Literacy Series Vol. 3) (Nature Literacy Series ...

Clare Walker Leslie

Orion Society, 2005

I OVERCAME SEEING THE END OF OUR PLANET THROUGH THIS BOOK
INTO THE FIELD IS A VERY HELPFUL BOOK. IT SPECIFICALLY GIVES HOW TO LOOK OUT OF A WINDOW AT A LANDSCAPE AND SKETCH THE SCENE. IT PROVIDES EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK. IT GIVES HOW TO CONDUCT A FIELD TRIP WITH CHILDREN INTO NATURE AND HOW TO RECORD WHAT THEY SEE AND ...

The Three Candles of Little Veronica: The Story of a Child's Soul in This World and the Other

Manfred Kyber

Orion Society, 2003

much more to this book than you have any idea..JGA
This was the favorite book of all people associated with the Garden City, L.I., N.Y. Waldorf school (perhaps the flagship school at that time for the U.S.) in the school's 'heyday'.. I graduated from there in 1966 when John F. Gardner was headmaster, and Dr. Franz ...

Patriotism and the American Land (The New Patriotism Series, Vol. 2) (The New Patriotism Series)

Richard Nelson, Barry Lopez, ...

Orion Society, 2002

A Complete Slam Dunk!!
My goodness! I don't think you could ask for a more extraordinarily effective and inspiring rebuttal to the clap-trap about patriotism being bantered about by the current administration and the media. This book contains maybe the best definition of an authentic ...

Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities, With Index

David Sobel

The Orion Society, 2004

A Must for Anyone Interested in Place-based Ed.
If you are at all interested in place-based education, this books NEEDS to be on your shelf. Sobel offers evidence of how place-based ed. is making a difference for children around the country, helping both children and teachers break out of the rut created by our ...

Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities (Nature Literacy Series Vol. 4) (New Patriotism ...

David Sobel

The Orion Society, 2004

Schools that Build Community, Citizenship and Neighborliness
Shared stories and an affection for the landscape around us is the glue that holds communities together. Knowledge gained from close interaction with real things you can touch, feel and see - gives learning more meaning. This marvelous, evocatively written short ...

In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World (The New Patriotism Series, Vol. 1) (The New ...

Wendell Berry

Orion Society, 2001

Clarity of thinking
It has taken 5 years, but the ideas expressed by Wendell Berry shortly after 9/11 are finally starting to spread. Thought XXIII In the Presence of Fear - " We must not again allow public emotion or the public media to caricature our enemies. If our enemies are now to ...

Stories in the Land: A Place-Based Environmental Education Anthology (Nature literacy series)

John Elder

Orion Society, 1998

Study of environmental education
I found this book to be vague and uninformative. It was unclear at the end of the book just what community-based education was trying to accomplish. I would not recommend this book.

The Open Space of Democracy (New Patriotism)

Terry Tempest Williams

The Orion Society, 2004

A Masterpiece
I have not read a book in the last ten years that I would give this description to, but The Open Space of Democracy will or at least should go down as an American masterpiece, and a seminal contribution to environmental and political writing. I pre-ordered my copy ...