Our next Green Book Club meeting is just one week away. If you would like to attend but have not yet picked up a copy of Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, send an email to Therlam@yahoo.com. I have an extra copy to lend. Skim the book if time is short, or just take a glance at the Sand County Almanac discussion guide (click here). This guide summarizes key concepts of conservation and poses some thoughtful questions on our community, our connections with the world, our actions based on the decisions we make, and the resulting impacts. Leopold is considered the father of wildlife management and regarded the most influential conservationist of the twentieth century. Even if you did not have the chance to read, come join us for some an engaging discussion, and enjoy a taste of some local food.
A second, more detailed, chapter by chapter discussion guide can be found here: Discussion Guide for a Sand County Almanac. We may also use this guide if time permits.
An excerpt from A Sand County Almanac:
When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. There is no other way for land to survive the impact of mechanized man, nor for us to reap from it the esthetic harvest it is capable, under science, of contributing to culture. That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics. That land yields a cultural harvest is a fact long known, but latterly often forgotten. (p. viii)
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