books by The Orion Society (communities proceedings reclaiming)

books by The Orion Society

books:

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

3 reviews
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 book provides a blueprint for a new approach to education that transcends the narrow and politically polarizing environmentalism of ...

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

2 reviews
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 writing is clear and concise. I have encouraged many of my colleagues to read it, and I feel that it is becoming well-known among ...

Citizens Dissent (Security, Morality,and Leadership in an age of terror)

4 reviews
Wendell; Duncan, David James Berry

The 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. The Orion Society, which printed the statement in the NYT and has also published Berry's powerful In The Presence of Fear in ...

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

1 review
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 school systems today. Highly recommended!

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

2 reviews
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 DISCUSS WHAT THEY LEARNED. THE BEST PART OF THE BOOK IS THE PREDICTIONS OFTHE FUTURE....IN FIVE THOUSAND YEARS THE GLOBAL WARMING ...

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

5 reviews
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 Winkler was Chairman. This book should never be out of print.. it has too much in it for those that wish to follow a ...

The Open Space of Democracy (New Patriotism)

4 reviews
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 direct from the publisher and so received and read, or rather devoured, it right after it was published. The triptych of essays in ...

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

1 review
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.

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

8 reviews
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 be some nations of Islam, then we should undertake to know those enemies. Our schools should begin to teach the histories, ...

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

1 review
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 patriotism that I have ever read. All three essays are beautiful, passionate, and powerful in completely different ways. If you want ...