Aldo Leopold Quote

The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right only when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community, and the community includes the soil, waters, fauna, and flora, as well as people.


Building "The Land Ethic": a history of Aldo Leopold's most important essay (ed. 1983)


The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A ...

The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A ...

The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A ...

The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A ...