David W. Orr's Framing Sustainability

Summary Response of Framing Sustainability David W. Orr wrote “Framing Sustainability” in his essay, it informs the reader of how we should approach the topic of sustainability the way President Abraham Lincoln handled the people during the war over slavery. He claims that Abraham Lincoln talked about how slavery was simply wrong. President Lincoln was told to be very persuasive and he had a way to explain things without being offensive. David Orr informs the reader in his essay that we should follow the way President Abraham Lincoln handles slavery as we start to look at handling sustainability. He talks about the ways President Lincoln talks to his people on a different level so they can understand his beliefs on how slavery is a moral wrong (Orr 116). To change the minds of the people they talk about the idea of framing and how to use that same concept to frame the minds of our generation to think about sustainability. So after reading this essay, maybe we all can work on framing the world to think about sustainability the way David Orr informs us. To start off with, I agree with the way David W. Orr describes how he feels about the subject of sustainability. How he talks about the ways humans alter the planet without thinking of the effects it has on our world as a moral way of
Orr believes that Abraham Lincoln’s concept on teaching others about the issues on slavery can be a way we can frame the minds of our nation on the subject of sustainability. I must say comparing both slavery and sustainability is a hard concept, but was achieved in this essay written by David Orr. I did enjoy how he compared them both in a way that worked well at describing a new approach the society could easily understand. If you think about Abraham Lincoln and the way he handled slavery, then maybe sustainability can be taught to our current generation to ensure us all a bright