“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds”, wrote Aldo Leopold in A Sand County Almanac Getting involved with an activist group doesn't necessarily heal those wounds, but it does mean we're less alone when we face them

‘The aphoristic appeal of Emerson, the wildness of Thoreau, the poetry of Whitman . . .’ || ‘A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There is a collection of Leopold’s writing from the 1930s and 1940s. Author, scientist, ecologist, forester, conserv… https://t.co/M6kyPqLffL https://t.co/LLU2v3K6RL

Starting today with the pioneering conservationist Aldo Leopold & how he helped develop concepts like forestry studies, game management, & most importantly, in his vital book A Sand County Almanac, a "land ethic" & "ecological conscience." https://t.co/okE2DKUasl