A Sand County Almanac

Infobox Book
name = Aldo Leopold


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author = Aldo Leopold
country = United States
language = English
subject = Ecology, Environmentalism
publisher = Oxford University Press
release_date = 1949
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pages = 240 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-19-500777-8

"A Sand County Almanac" is a 1949 non-fiction book written by American ecologist and environmentalist Aldo Leopold. Describing the land around Leopold's home in Sauk County, Wisconsin and his thoughts on developing a "land ethic," it was edited and published by his son, Luna, a year after Leopold's death from a heart attack. The collection of essays is considered to be a landmark book in the American conservation movement.

The book has had over two million copies printed and has been translated into nine languages. [ [http://www.aldoleopold.org/about/almanac.htm The Aldo Leopold Foundation's site on the "Almanac"] ]

Overview

In the original publishing, the book begins with the actual "Sand County Almanac," which is divided into twelve segments: one for each month. There are anecdotes and observations about flora and fauna reactions to the seasons as well as mentions of conservation topics.

The second section of the book, "Sketches Here and There," discusses a few other wildernesses in Canada, Mexico and the United States; and how conservation (or lack thereof) affects them.

The book ends with "land ethic," which is Leopold's plan for conservation. Aldo Leopold's idea is that land is not a commodity to be possessed; rather, humans must have mutual respect for Earth in order not to destroy it. He also puts forth the idea that humans will never be free if they have no wild spaces in which to roam.

Notes

Bibliography

*Knight, Richard L. and Suzanne Riedel. 2002. "Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience". Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195149440.

ee also

*ecology movement

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