Quotes by Land When we see land as a community to which we belong, Aldo Leopold wild-and-free community land A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke [of the axe] he is writing his signature on the face of his land. Aldo Leopold signatures land writing 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. There is no other way for land to survive the impact of mechanized man, nor for us to reap from it the aesthetic harvest it is capable, under science, of contributing to culture Aldo Leopold impact land men The drama of the sky dance is enacted nightly on hundreds of farms, the owners of which sigh for entertainment, but harbor the illusion that it is to be sought in theaters. They live on the land, but not by the land. Aldo Leopold land sky drama All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. Aldo Leopold team land men The art of land doctoring is being practiced with vigor, but the science of land Aldo Leopold vigor land art The land-relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but not obligations Aldo Leopold economic privilege land Having to squeeze the last drop of utility out of the land has the same desperate finality as having to chop up the furniture to keep warm. Aldo Leopold lasts nature land Thus far we have considered the problem of conservation of land purely as an economic issue. A false front of exclusively economic determinism is so habitual to Americans in discussing public questions that one must speak in the language of compound interest to get a hearing. Aldo Leopold issues land rivers A land ethic...reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in Aldo Leopold land responsibility self The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism. Aldo Leopold radio land discovery There is, as yet, no sense of pride in the husbandry of wild plants and animals, no sense of shame in the proprietorship of a sick landscape. We tilt windmills in behalf of conservation in convention halls and editorial offices, but on the back forty we disclaim even owning a lance. Aldo Leopold land pride animal All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . . The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land. Aldo Leopold land animal water Time was when education moved toward soil, not away from it. Aldo Leopold moved soil land If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. Aldo Leopold tinkering cogs land Wilderness, then, assumes unexpected importance as a laboratory for the study of land - health. Aldo Leopold unexpected study land Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands. Aldo Leopold enjoy land students Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility. The shallow-minded modern who has lost his rootage in the land assumes that he has already discovered what is important. Aldo Leopold land intellectual humility Sunshine is more health-giving than pills and potions: and travel in foreign lands is a mental tonic, which feeds the mind even if it empties the pocket. Alec-Tweedie sunshine land travel This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It’s a place that does not exist. Alessandro Baricco land sea doe «1234567891011»