Aldo Leopold

William F. Baxter and Aldo Leopold both have very different views as to what it means to be human and where our place in the world is compared to other animals, plants, and the very land itself. Very briefly, Baxter argues that any form of environmental problems should be viewed solely through the understanding that it is “people-oriented” and that any animal or land preservation would be understood in this light and not, as some threatened penguins would fear, “for their own sake” (Baxter, 695). However, Leopold does not hold a similar view to Baxter and instead claims that it is “…an evolutionary possibility and an ecological necessity” to extend our ethical behaviors beyond just our own fellow humans and include all of life and land within…

Aldo Leopold was a great conservationist and scientist, one to be believed as the greatest conservation talker even. After graduating college with a Masters degree in forestry, he dedicated his life to many aspects of nature. He wanted people to understand that nature should thrive and that people can be a part of it - within reason. His time to shine was when many natural resources were depleted and the environment was lacking qualities that it should have. Aldo was born on January 11, 1887 in…

part of a much bigger world, hence freedom. In A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold expresses the theme of freedom and its limits through the…

philosopher that provided a view of the relationship between the people and the land is Aldo Leopold. Leopold expresses that the land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land. (Book 223) Per the article, “A land ethic of course cannot prevent the alteration, management, and use of these ‘resources,’ but it does affirm their right to continued existence, and, at least in spots, their continued existence in a…

Broadly known as the father of “The Land Ethic,” Aldo Leopold brought to light a ever growing problem in the mistreatment of the environment, in his main work ‘Sand County Almanac’ (1947) he talks about the ecosystem as a member of a larger community that should be enlarged to include non-human elements such as soils, waters, plants, and animals or collectively the land, and that all forms of life are valuable. In his concept, land Ethic reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and…

Journal Two: Leopold Aldo Leopold’s The Land Ethic mainly focuses on the importance of developing a sort of ethic for interacting with the land or a symbiotic relationship with the land and the world around us. This piece touches on numerous aspects of our current relationship with the environment and what needs to be reformed and understood in order to improve this relationship. Although The Land Ethic was published in 1949, Leopold’s statements and evaluations made in this piece are…

American culture, value, and purpose is placed foremost on human life. And with climate change becoming an ever-pressing reality in human life, it is imperative to change our thinking. Our belief of our supposed moral superiority over the Earth must end now. The clearest solution to save our planet is to shift our lifestyle from anthropocentric to ecocentric. In shifting our lifestyle, we will recognize the complexity of the Earth's ecosystems and save our planet from future destruction…

Mark Friske 11/1/14 FYS Professor Lauritzen “In wildness is the salvation of the world” – Aldo Leopold All three of the writers that we read pieces from would agree with Leopold in this quote. It is a common theme across the literature of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, and William Faulkner that we are using the land selfishly and recklessly. Each believes that we should have upmost respect for the earth we have been blessed to live on. First off, in “The Land Ethic” by Leopold, it becomes…

I wanted to tell you about something I learned about in class this year. It was where cities were turning empty rundown lots and United Spaces in cities into green spaces, small parks and small gardens. I think this idea is marvelous. It takes an abandon lot in a small park or a community gardens. Everyone in that community would benefit from this idea. People in the area can take advantage of the garden, they would have food that is health for them, and they would take pride in it because…

exploitative way. This again goes in line with Berry’s idea that us as a human race doesn’t need much, that we could get almost anything from just a local area. Which also goes along the lines of the 100 mile diet that we talked about in class. It is mostly possible to do, and only certain populations would need help from the outside area. Stegner uses a large amount of references throughout the piece, which makes his writings much more enjoyable and more believable. I did have to look many of…