Aug 20, 2018
East to West Hunting Podcast Episode 21 is now
available
Developing Your Conservation Land Ethic. Listen to Professor
Emeritus Jim Coufal of the State University of NY College of
Environmental Science and Forestry explain how to understand and
approach Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic. Jim is a past National
President of the Society of American Foresters and was instrumental
in placing land ethic language in their charter in the 1990s.
Background
Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic was one of the classic and
ground-breaking works of the 20th century conservation movement.
Written in the 1930s, Leopold was well ahead of his time in
thinking about land as a living organism, encompassing soil, rain,
wind, biota, rock, sunlight, and the dynamic energy flows
connecting it all. How do you apply those concepts to your
conservation ethic in practice? Professor Emeritus Jim Coufal of
SUNY ESF explains his thoughts on Leopold's land ethic and how he
applied principles and guidelines to help steer his decision making
framework.
To
purchase a copy of Aldo Leopold on Forestry and Conservation:
Toward a Durable Scale of Values, edited by Jed Meunier and Curt
Meine, click
HERE To read the "Conservation Ethics Handbook" that
was referenced on this episode, written by the folks at
www.conservationethics.org, click
HERE Some questions you can ask yourself when thinking
about your personal hunting, fishing, and conservation land ethic:
1. Is it true? (a science-based question) 2. Is it appropriate? (a
values and ethics based question) 3. Are all the arguments and
premises in place (a logic question).
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East to West Hunting podcast Episode 15 with Eric Nuse, talking
about hunting ethics and the future of conservation, click
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