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.
Author
Aldo Leopold
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About Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, professor, conservationist, and environmentalist. He taught at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has been translated into fifteen languages and has sold more than two million copies.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Aldo LeopoldIn June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries no man can ignore all of them.
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and 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.
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.
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.
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