Environmental Hero
Hero, when people see this word most imagine a superman or women, because this word is defined to us as someone who is capable of greatness or someone who can magically save the world in a day. My Environmental hero is Aldo Leopold; he has accomplished many morally right achievements. Thus, others view him not only as a great leader but a hero. Aldo broadened my views on our lack of value for nature and I believe that others should know and share his compassion for the land. Aldo Leopold is by far a hero to me; his writings and positions have created a path for nature and man to harmonies and thrive together.
To begin, Aldo Leopold was born in 1887, raised in Iowa. In 1906, he began his work at Yale Forest School. In 1922, he Submitted a proposal to make Gila National Forest a wilderness area. In 1933, he accepts new chair appointment for game management. In 1939, he became chair for the Department of Wildlife Management. In1947, he submitted a book manuscript of “Great Possessions”. Then April 21St 1948, Aldo Leopold died helping fight a grass fire for a neighbor. In 1949, Great Possessions became published as A Sand County Almanac. Furthermore, because of all
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He introduced a new world and dialogue to his readers, he showed me as a naive environmental ethical newbie that, there is more value in life than just people and the way that we treat our land and environment is almost a karma to how and in which one lives their lives. He by introducing that to me has completely changed my values and beliefs in the world. Now when I go on hikes and live in my day to day life I value the world around me and the environment around me. I have become more aware and observant to the beings I live and surround myself with. Rather it be the soil on which I walk or the birds that fly above me I value life in a new
Although Leopold’s love of great expanses of wilderness is readily apparent, his book does not cry out in defense of particular tracts of land about to go under the axe or plow, but rather deals with the minutiae, the details, of often unnoticed plants and animals, all the little things that, in our ignorance, we have left out of our managed acreages but which must be present to add up to balanced ecosystems and a sense of quality and wholeness in the landscape.
Leopold would most likely approve of the work being done to preserve Gorongosa National Park and would agree with Wilson in that nature is our home and we should treat it as such, but Leopold, unlike Wilson, argues that it is our moral obligation, and not just our pleasure, to respect nature. Additionally, Wilson seems to focus specifically on the plants and animals that make up an ecosystem, but Leopold extends his focus to non-living components such as soil and water because they are instrumental in maintaining the integrity of land communities. Leopold might urge Wilson to make sure that he is not simply educating people at Gorongosa, but really help them genuinely understand land ethics. This way, humans can evolve a sense of praise and approval for preserving the integrity and beauty of the biotic community (262), and social disapproval for doing the exact
nature. Two years, in the prime of his life, were spent living in a shack
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voice to the world around them through science and art. They suggest this both through
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John Muir believed that for the future of America that the natural world should be protected. Muir felt that the environment of much of the United States was not protected properly and the locations that were protected were not managed adequately. Muir felt that Americans had much to gain from the protection of their national resources and park lands. In John Muir’s book Our National Parks, written in 1901 he states: “Awakening from the stupefying effects of the vice of over-industry and the deadly apathy of luxury, they are trying as best they can to mix and enrich their own...
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In order words, Nature is beautiful in the more simple way, but at the same time if nature starts to recognize danger or the feeling of dying, she will defend herself. Humanity need the use of ethics and humility at the same time in order to have a good ecological environment. During “Thinking Like A Mountain” Leopold describes the intricate of a mountain’s biomes and the consequences of disturbing their ecological balances, describe specifically with a wolf and a deer. Leopold use the wolf and the deer as an example of how human treats nature. Referring to the wolf way of think, “he has not learned to think like a mountain” like humanity has not learned to think in the way that Mother Nature want us to think (140). Leopold describes how “a land, ethic, reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and… Reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the land” giving an exact example by having a group A and a group B (258). Group A describes what one needs when on the other hand, group B “worries about a whole series of biotic side-issues” (259). By having this two groups being described, humanity today is like the group A, when one really need to change their way of mind and start to be like the group B. Society needs to use the ethics with humility in order to conserve the health of the natural
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In Thinking Like a Mountain, the author, Aldo Leopold, writes of the importance of wildlife preservation through examples of the symbiotic relationship of animals and plant-life with a mountain. He asks the reader to perceive the processes of a mountainous environment in an unusual way. Aldo Leopold wants the reader to "think" like a mountain instead of thinking of only the immediate, or as the hunter did. Taking away one feature of an ecosystem may eventually destroy everything else that that environment is composed of. Nature and wildness is essential for the well being of life on this earth.
The purpose of this paper is to inform you about John Muir and his effect on America's national forests. He was a Scottish American and was born in Dunbar, UK on April 21, 1838. He arrived in the U.S in 1868 when he was 30 years of age. John Muir was one of the most influential naturalists in the world. If it wasn't for John Muir we probably would not have the national park known as Yosemite. Some of his goals in the U.S. were the preservations of the national forests. He was an environmental philosopher and did well for the U.S. national parks. John Muir founded the Sierra Club, an American organization and the 211-mile trail called the Sierra Nevada was named in his honor.(John Muir, wikipedia)
Muir’s ideas are not relevant today as he wants people to see and admire the romantic value of nature. Leopold wants people to be responsible for the affect they have in the environment and Muir wants people to see and admire the romantic value of nature. Pinchot’s idea put people in the center, and on the other hand Muir put individuals in focus This can be better explained.
Leopold’s view is a glorified dream at best. While most people do acknowledge the need for some type of ecological consciousness, the one illustrated by Leopold is far from probable. Today’s society is overrun with the desire for speed and convenience, and driven by competition. Asking the busy world to stop, step backward, and work the concerns for such things as soil, rocks, or oak trees into its contracts and agreements is a foolish notion. It has come to be that to most individuals, the sight of a city skyline that is bustling with business and life is just as pristine as the sight of a natural forest.
... how they greatly effected our world today. This book made me realize the many things I take for granted. Never in my lifetime have I had to worry about breathing in polluted air, or drinking unsanitary water. I never put much thought into how destructive this once was and still is in some parts of the world. McNeil, through his informative and descriptive book most definitely changed my view on the twentieth century. He helped me see the importance of little things, and see their impact on the world years later.