David Orr, the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and chair of the environmental studies program at Oberlin College, will lecture at WSU Pullman at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in CUE Room 203.
The lecture is titled “Some Like it Hot…Lots of Others Don’t — The Changing Climate of U.S.Politics. “
Orr is an internationally acclaimed and recognized professor and author. He has authored several books, including “Earth in Mind: Essays on Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect” and “Ecological Literacy and the Transition to a Postmodern World,” both of which have sold more than 10,000 copies.
Orr is referred to as pioneer in the field of environmental literacy in higher education. He has also been a leader in ecological design and led efforts to design and build the innovative Environmental Studies Center at Oberlin.
He has received numerous awards, including the Bioneers Award (2003) and a National Conservation Achievement award from the National Wildlife Federation. He holds three honorary doctorates and serves as Trustee for the Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO and for the Aldo Leopold Foundation.
Orr holds a B.A. from Westminster College (1965), a M.A. from Michigan State University (1966), and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania (1973).
The lecture is free and open to the public. The event also will be video streamed and may be viewed by logging onto www.experience.wsu.edu.
The 2008 Callison Distinguished Lecture is sponsored by Callison Architecture, Inc and the following departments: College of Engineering and Architecture and the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Washington State University, and the Department of Architecture and Interior Design and Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Idaho.
