David W. Orr

American environmental scholar, the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College, best known for advancing ecological literacy and ecological design in education.

At Oberlin, Orr demonstrated how a college could teach ecological literacy while practicing sustainable design on its own campus — most famously through the Adam Joseph Lewis Center, an early green building conceived as a teaching instrument. His books, including Ecological Literacy and Design on the Edge, argue that how we build and educate must embody ecological values.

Role in Fuller's orbit

Orr is a contemporary inheritor of Fuller's design-science conviction that the built environment should be redesigned to do more with less on behalf of all life. His campus-as-curriculum approach echoes Fuller's belief that environment shapes behavior. The connection is intellectual lineage rather than personal association; no corpus work currently links to him directly.

See Also

• William McDonough (William McDonough) — fellow ecological-design leader in the Fuller design-science lineage

• Jason F. McLennan (Jason F. McLennan) — Living Building Challenge founder in the same regenerative-design tradition

• David Johnston (builder) (David Johnston (builder)) \x{2014} green-building advocate in the same applied-sustainability lineage

• Alex Gerber (Alex Gerber) — author applying Fuller to holistic education

Sources

• David W. Orr (source reference) — Zotero People collection (Wikipedia entry)