Revisiting Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic

Emerging Cultures of Sustainability
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-62288-137-6
Verlag: Stephen F. Austin State University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Revisiting Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic: 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 roles: 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.

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Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Über Autor(innen)

William Forbes is an Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for a Livable World at Stephen F. Austin State University. He teaches classes in world regional geography, biogeography, economic geography, physical geography, political geography, and study abroad. Dr. Forbes received his PhD, MS, and MA from the University of North Texas and a BS and BA from Humboldt State University. His dissertation revisited Mexico’s Rio Gavilan, where “perfect” land health was noted by conservationist Aldo Leopold in the 1930s. Dr. Forbes publishes research on historical environmental geography and environmental ethics. The Center for a Livable World is a new research center on humanities and social science aspects of sustainability, so far producing two anthologies and an interdisciplinary pilot project that examined livability of a small East Texas city.