A land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain membe...
A land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it.
Land-Ethic
A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic com...
A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.
Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question o...
Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility.
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.
One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.
That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respec...
That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics.
The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, ...
The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.
The work of many ecologists has encouraged the adoption of an ecological consciousness, changing ...
The work of many ecologists has encouraged the adoption of an ecological consciousness, changing the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land community to plain member and citizen of it.
There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the deligh...
There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot.
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a communit...
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
Profile: Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold was an American forester, ecologist, and environmentalist whose concept of the “land ethic” revolutionized conservation thought. His posthumously published masterwork …