AldoLeopold(Reprint) A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology (LOA #238) (Library of America) by AldoLeopold, Curt Meine Phd Hardcover, 832 Pages, Published 2013 by Library Of America ISBN-13: 978-1-59853-206-7, ISBN: 1-59853-206-5
"Since his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has been increasingly recognized as one of the indispensable figures of American environmentalism. A pioneering forester, sportsman, wildlife manager, and ecologist, he was also a gifted writer whose farsighted land ethic is proving increasingly relevant in our own time. Now, Leopold’s essential contributions to our literature––some hard-to-find or previously unpublished––are gathered in a single vo ..."
"This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environme ..."
"This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environme ..."
"Ten years ago, The Great New Wilderness Debate began a cross-disciplinary conversation about the varied constructions of "wilderness" and the controversies that surround them. The Wilderness Debate Rages On will reinvigorate that conversation and usher in a second decade of debate.Like its predecessor, the book gathers both critiques and defenses of the idea of wilderness from a wide variety of perspectives and voices. The Wilderness De ..."
"Jim Harrison, outdoorsman, poet, novelist, screen writer, and outspoken essayist,
is the author of seven novels and four novella collections, most recently The
Beast God Forgot to Invent (Atlantic Monthly Press) , the essay collection Just
Before ..."
AldoLeopold A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238) by AldoLeopold 832 Pages, Published 2013 by Library Of America ISBN-13: 978-1-59853-267-8, ISBN: 1-59853-267-7
"MANITOBA. Clandeboye. E. DUCATION, I fear, is learning to see one thing by
going blind to another. One thing most of us have gone blind to is the quality of
marshes. I am reminded of this when, as a special favor, I take a visitor to
Clandeboye, only to find that, to him, it is merely lonelier to look upon, and stickier
to navigate, than other boggy places. This is strange, for any pelican, duckhawk,
godwit, or western grebe is awa ..."
"Ten years ago, "The Great New Wilderness Debate" began a cross-disciplinary conversation about the varied constructions of "wilderness" and the controversies that surround them. "The Wilderness Debate Rages On" will reinvigorate that conversation and usher in a second decade of debate.Like its predecessor, the book gathers both critiques and defenses of the idea of wilderness from a wide variety of perspectives and voices. "The Wilderne ..."
"Published in 1949, shortly after the author's death, A Sand County Almanac is a classic of nature writing, widely cited as one of the most influential nature books ever published. Writing from the vantage of his summer shack along the banks of the Wisconsin River, Leopold mixes essay, polemic, and memoir in his book's pages. In one famous episode, he writes of killing a female wolf early in his career as a forest ranger, coming upon his ..."
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Una etica de la tierra by AldoLeopold Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2010 by Catarata ISBN-13: 978-84-8319-071-5, ISBN: 84-8319-071-0
"Es una pauta recurrente, tanto en Europa como en EE.UU., que las primeras
asociaciones ... Benigno Varillas: Las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales de
Medio Ambiente en Europa Occidental. Asociación CODA/ Quercus. Madrid
1991."