Education and Research
Our society faces the task of learning how to live in a manner that does not endanger the Earth. The environmental crisis challenges us to confront taken-for-granted patterns of thinking. As David Orr sees the problem, “The planetary emergency unfolding around us is, first and foremost . . .a crisis of thought, values, perceptions, ideas and judgments. In other words, it is a crisis of mind, which makes it a crisis of those institutions which purport to improve minds.” Through their teaching and research activities, faculty members at Saint Mary’s College are addressing this challenge.
