Voice of the Land Ethic
Aldo Leopold
Your quest companion appears in the header, offers one of their ideas on your home page each day, and cheers you on in lessons. You can change companions at any time, and your progress stays the same.
An American forester and ecologist who argued for a land ethic that widens community to include soils, waters, plants and animals.
Key work: A Sand County Almanac (1949)
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Think like a mountain: see the long effects of what you do.
People are members of the land community, not its conquerors.
Conservation is a duty, not only a convenience.
Read more: Wikipedia
On the climb
Think Like a Mountain
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