• A land ethic is a philosophy or theoretical framework about how, ethically, humans should regard the land. The term was coined by Aldo Leopold (1887–1948)...
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    conservation is profitable on your own land; the government will do the rest." (p. 243–244) Leopold explained: The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of...
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  • as an essay by Aldo Leopold in his A Sand County Almanac, called "The Land Ethic", in which Leopold explicitly claimed that the roots of the ecological...
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  • Describing the land around the author's home in Sauk County, Wisconsin, the collection of essays advocate Leopold's idea of a "land ethic", or a responsible...
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    the leading contemporary exponent of Leopold's land ethic. Callicott's book In Defense of the Land Ethic (1989) explores the intellectual foundations of...
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  • that "the land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land". In a sense...
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  • was driven by the idea of wise use of resources, and Aldo Leopold whose land ethic was influential in the development of the environmental movement in the...
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  • The Protestant work ethic, also known as the Calvinist work ethic or the Puritan work ethic, is a work ethic concept in sociology, economics, and history...
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  • dimensions. A closely connected term is Land ethic coined by American environmentalist, Aldo Leopold. While Land ethic is considered a theoretical and philosophical...
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    environmental writings, including Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Aldo Leopold's land ethic, and Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang, a small group of environmental...
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  • of all value. It draws upon the Land Ethic of Aldo Leopold. Leopold argued that within conventional ethics, the land itself was considered only as property...
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    The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (German: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus) is a book written by Max Weber, a...
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  • their life processes. The writings of Aldo Leopold and his idea of the land ethic and good environmental management are a key element to this philosophy...
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  • Central Park Ecology Ecosystem Food miles Frederick Law Olmsted John Muir Land ethic Sierra Club Soil food web Hydroculture Aeroponics Aquaponics Hydroponics...
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    Award, which recognizes agricultural landowners actively committed to a land ethic. The program builds bridges between agriculture, government, environmental...
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    destruction.(...) Ecology reflects the land ethic; and Aldo Leopold wrote in A Sand County Almanac 204 (1949), "The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries...
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    Leopold's essay "Land Ethic" (1949) as a fundamental work to the ecofeminist conception, as Leopold was the first to pen an ethic for the land which understands...
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  • objects it increases, decreases, or alters. An object with "ethic value" may be termed an "ethic or philosophic good" (noun sense). Values can be defined...
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    ISBN 0802036104. Callicott, J. Baird (2013). Thinking Like a Planet: The Land Ethic and the Earth Ethic. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 189. ISBN 9780199324897...
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    feminist consciousness. The 1960s counterculture embraced a back-to-the-land ethic, and communes of the era often relocated to the country from cities. Influential...
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    First Nations Australian traditional custodianship (category Aboriginal land rights in Australia)
    obligation, or custodial ethic, that underpins Aboriginal Australian culture, and could offer significant benefits for sustainable land management and reconciliation...
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     184. Niiler, Lucas P. (1999). "Green Reading: Tolkien, Leopold and the Land Ethic". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 10 (3 (39)): 276–285. JSTOR 43308393...
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    According to Leopold, the three features of ecosystems that generate land ethic are integrity, stability and beauty. None of the mentioned features are...
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    over the "land ethic" that is to determine urban land use and whether hyper hygienist bylaws (e.g. weed control) should apply, or whether land should generally...
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    observations of man exhausting and altering the land from which his sustenance derives. The consumer conservation ethic has been defined as the attitudes and behaviors...
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    Aldo Leopold published A Sand County Almanac in 1949. He believed in a land ethic that recognized that maintaining the "beauty, integrity, and health of...
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  • ethics and standards Just war Kathekon Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal land ethic law legal code (examples: - English Common Law - Napoleonic Code - United...
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  • "Work Ethic!" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy-drama television series Atlanta. It is the 36th overall episode of the...
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    "Feminists of the Middle Border: Willa Cather, Hamlin Garland, and the Female Land Ethic". CEA Critic. 75 (2): 93–108. ISSN 0007-8069. JSTOR 44378769. Arnold,...
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    in the 1930s with American writers like Aldo Leopold, calling for a "land ethic" and urging wilderness protection. It had become increasingly clear that...
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