Revisiting Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic: Emerging Cultures of Sustainability

Revisiting Aldo Leopold's Land Emerging Cultures of Sustainability is a collection of essays about the man acknowleged by some as the father of wildlife conservation.What may be a surprise to some is that Leopold was one of the early leaders of the American wilderness movement. Throughout his life he played many wildlife manager, hunter, husband, father, naturalist, wilderness advocate, poet, scientist, philosopher, and visionary. He is best known as author of A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There . Beyond his descriptions of the natural world, in this writing Leopold articulated an innovative idea known as the "land ethic," a new way of thinking and acting toward the land.