Aldo Leopold

For my second article, of assignment two, I chose “Disease and Death at Dr. Dickson’s Mounds” by Alan H. Goodman and George J. Armelagos, and the article from the Bradford Foundation I am comparing it to is “The Cochimi Culture on the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.” I found it fascinating that both articles talked of disease and death but both came from completely opposite reasons. What I mean by that is that the artifacts show that the people of Dickson Mounds came from being farmers and…

that most try to avoid when structuring a new environmental model. As well as it is also an issue that most try and avoid when trying to figure out how to solve an environmental dilemma because it shows favoritism. In this essay I will discuss why Aldo Leopold is accused of his Land-Ethic model falling into the category of the issue of environmental fascism, and how J. Baird Callicott tries to resolve the accusations. First lets begin with taking a look at what environmental fascism is. The…

When one is not sure of where their energy is coming from or how it is getting to them, it opens many dangers to one’s livelihood. Aldo Leopold discusses these issues in his essay, Good Oak, as well as suggesting solutions to prevent them and improve the environment of the earth in the process. Without energy, a person cannot sustain his or herself for very long, so they must acquire it from somewhere. In addition to acquiring enough energy to keep themselves going, people in today’s society…

How we should treat the environment? Do we have a moral responsibility to preserve the environment? The state of our environment these days is very crucial. Weather changes all the time. On summer days, we can expect the sun always brightly shining. During fall and winter, we can expect a calmer weather. But these have changed over time. It rains in the summer more than usual and it gets hot in fall and winter times. The weather change has been the new norm. Sometimes, the weather gets too dry…

Aldo Leopold’s ‘The Land Ethic,” makes an attempt to appeal to the pathos of the audience. He urges man to use ethic not only for their satisfaction and needs, but to also apply ethics to the land where he says, “The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.” (204) Leopold is urging man to take care of our resources because we have a moral obligation to do so. Leopold continues to say that man has claimed…

polyculture system featured perennial plants that created a beautiful, flourishing landscape. With the introduction of advanced technology, farmers were able to change the prairie lands forever. Observed through the illustrative writings of Wes Jackson, Aldo Leopold and Donella Meadows, the irreversible changes to the prairie landscape can be witnessed through detrimental farming and a lack of knowledge of the importance of biodiversity.…

is the salvation of the world."(Leopold 2) This quote from "Thinking Like a Mountain," supports the fact that author Aldo Leopold believes an ecosystem needs to be balanced in order to grow and be stronger. Similarly, in the documentary Cold Warriors: Wolver vs. Buffalo, director Jeff Turner explains that the world has beautiful places with high valleys, canyons, and stunning forest. We should watch and learn from Nature. For this, and other reasons, Aldo Leopold would feel conflicted about what…

a) After reading through the “Land Ethic”, by Aldo Leopold, multiple times I found that there were two main point that were Leopold stressed to his audience. The first point was, that we can not center our conservation efforts for the environment just around economic value. Leopold’s second point is that the land and the people must be connected and work together. b) The first of Leopold’s main points is important because the fact we only conserve specific things that have economic value…

Aldo Leopold was a professor at the University of Wisconsin who published A Sand County Almanac in 1949. He wrote about nature in different ways throughout his book. The writing varies from the landscape to the animals. He describes different areas he has been to; these range from near his home in Wisconsin down to the New Mexico and Arizona area. Leopold uses a unique style of writing for this time period. Very little is known about nature at the time he published his book compared to today.…

A fierce green fire coming from a wolf’s eyes. When I first read this piece by Aldo Leopold, I interpreted the “fierce green fire” as something that the wolf felt. I saw this fire as pain and anger. To me, the pain and anger was so strong, that it was felt and seen as a “fierce green fire.” However, when analyzing further into the reading, I understood the “fierce green fire” as a will to live. The situation that the wolf was in was one of stress, danger, anger and probably confusion. I think…