Starting Conversations with Aldo Leopold: Practicing Land Ethics

Starting Conversations is celebrating the Gila Wilderness Centennial with a special series featuring Steve Morgan, Chautauqua performer, as Aldo Leopold in conversation with three scholars working directly in forestry, environmental restoration, and land ethics.

Aldo Leopold’s influence and legacy extends beyond the Gila Wilderness and all he did to revolutionize our relationship with public land. His perspective on understanding how to observe the environment and its ecosystems contributed significantly to the concept of land ethics. Ultimately, environmentalism is about more than just preservation and restoration, rather, it’s a complex practice of land ethics.

In this final episode of Starting Conversations with Aldo Leopold, Dan Shilling is back again to discuss the concepts behind land ethics.

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