May 17 2006
ART OR SCIENCE? Prof. David W. Orr, center, teaching ecological design at Oberlin College. by David Maxwell for The New York Times
..."There's a huge amount of inertia in the typical large institution," said Antony Brown, the architect who founded Ecosa. "We need a paradigm shift in terms of what we mean by green education or green design. What I saw happening was, all over the country, universities and architecture and designs schools were adding pieces of it but not making it the core of the curriculum."
But change is occurring, with a small number of colleges and universities leading the way.
The University of Oregon in Eugene has integrated sustainable design into the curriculum of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Within the school is the Ecological Design Center, which offers programs and an annual conference on ecological design...
