tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post8560063311011479368..comments2023-09-27T07:37:28.443-07:00Comments on Ethics and the Environment (with some economics and politics thrown in): Good Cazadora post, then a bit on LeopoldJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post-49377379469266846992009-02-14T08:09:00.000-08:002009-02-14T08:09:00.000-08:00Zorro has a great point. I was fortunate enough i...Zorro has a great point. I was fortunate enough in college to be introduced to Leopold, Edward Abbey, and many of the others in a senior seminar on American Nature Writers. I think high-schoolers would be well served by teachers who incoporated some of these folks into the canon (some, like Thoreau, already are, but the focus is often on the political rather than the environmental). <BR/><BR/>Leopold, by the way, Josh, was one of the best. His writing had a pretty incredible influence on my own thinking, because he reinforced my own notions that we have to see the big picture, and that every little thing we do has an impact on everyhing else. We have to take the systemic approach toward wildlife and habitat management.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite quotes from Leopold, by the way, tells us how to live in and with nature... "Live fast, suck hard, and die often."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post-12042846516723311862009-02-13T12:35:00.000-08:002009-02-13T12:35:00.000-08:00Zorro, you make a point I've been meaning to blog ...Zorro, you make a point I've been meaning to blog about! You are right on that we need to include ecology included in literature. <BR/><BR/>Could you imagine the impact of reading Aldo Leopold on a group of people getting bombarded with PETA ads on MTV?<BR/><BR/>For the record, I used to be a high-school teacher, so I'm not just spewing this as naive rhetoric.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post-84768290180208701482009-02-11T17:27:00.000-08:002009-02-11T17:27:00.000-08:00Not to mention that Leopold's writing is just abso...Not to mention that Leopold's writing is just absolutely beautiful, heartfelt, inspiring and full of information and perspective. I think high schools should have literature classes dedicated to his work. Perhaps make environmental literature a pre-req for graduation. Perhaps then we would get more students into environmental studies in college and even have citizens interested in the welfare of the environment... In this dream world, this environmental lit class would have Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, John Muir... Thoueau? Who else? I'd like to discover more women writers in this genre also...<BR/>Zorro S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com