"Education is not widely regarded as a problem, although the lack of it is. The conventional wisdom holds that all education is good, and the more of it one has, the better…The truth is that without significant precautions, education can equip people merely to be more effective vandals of the earth. If one listens carefully, it may even be possible to hear the Creation groan every year in late May when another batch of smart, degree-holding, but ecologically illiterate,
Homo sapiens who are eager to succeed are launched into the biosphere."
Orr, David W.,
Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect, 1994,
Two similar videos, of recent David Orr presentations.
Start on minute 13 with this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTPc7yUiSHU
http://vimeo.com/40894525
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