In a time of social and environmental crisis, Aldo Leopold's call for a 'land ethic' is still relevant
2021 Jan 05
In 1935 Aldo Leopold bought a depleted Wisconsin farm and restored it to prairie grassland. Bill Hall, AOC Solutions/USFWS/Flickr, CC BY
Jan. 11 marks the birthday of conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), who called for thinking about land as a living community to protect, not a resource to exploit.