Land Ethic

As Leopold discusses in A Sand County Almanac, we have an ethical obligation to treat the land with respect. All creatures, big and small, should be granted the right to simply exist. Leopold also talks about the importance of conservation and how has a human race we should preserve these natural wonders in our own backyards.

    "A land ethic, then, reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the land. Health is the capacity of the land for self renewal. Conservation is our effort to understand and preserve this capacity" (Leopold, 221).

I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wishes to learn about the importance of working with the land and not against it.

Aldo Leopold-"Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. 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"