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A novel understanding of ecology.
Abstract
While it enjoins readers to embrace radically new ways of thinking about the land, Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac bids teachers in particular to identify and develop means for encouraging students to better understand and appreciate the environment. As a response to Leopold's implicit call for papers, this essay contends that the genre of the novel has untapped potential to facilitate an understanding of the natural world and to kindle student interest in ecological issues. Braiding together a discussion of Leopold's philosophy, phenomenology, and Bakhtinian theory, this essay presents reasons why the often-overlooked novel lends itself well to ...
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- Magazine article from: Sierra HAMILTON, JOAN January 1, 2001 700+ words
...50th anniversary of Leopold's classic book, A Sand County Almanac, we sent...descendants of the things Leopold had written about...the compelling "Leopold's Gift," on page...a book contract. Sand County's original publisher...
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- Magazine article from: Alternatives Journal Peacock, Kent September 1, 2007 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Kliatt Theiss, Nola January 1, 2007 700+ words
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- Leopold's challenge: the first rule of intelligent tinkering, said the author...
- Magazine article from: Alternatives Journal Bocking, Stephen September 1, 2009 700+ words
...opportunities for these scientists to be creative in how they relate to other people and to nature. Several decades ago, Aldo Leopold set out the terms that define these opportunities when he explained that the first rule of intelligent tinkering is to keep...
- Sand County Foundation, Environmental Defense to Announce Major Endangered...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 8, 2003 700+ words
...Coleman, Chairman and CEO Sand County Foundation Fred Krupp...availability to follow Sand County Foundation is a Madison...conservationist Aldo Leopold. Environmental Defense...CONTACT: David Allen of Sand County Foundation, +1-608...
- Aldo Leopold.
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Aitchtey, Rodney April 1, 1993 700+ words
...Mother of God, in The Sand County Almanac. In 1920, Leopold read Ouspensky...do it for them. Leopold was growing more...accepted his book, The Sand County Almanac, which filled...description suggests Leopold's ease of mind...
- Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Environmental Education Knapp, Clifford E. January 1, 2003 700+ words
...about the evolution of A Sand County Almanac was fascinating...authors to learn that Leopold wrote many drafts of...University, outlines some of Leopold's views on public...sprinkles quotations by Leopold and others throughout...writes about reading A Sand County Almanac as a ...
- Building Leopold's legacy: pines celebrated in a conservation classic have...
- Magazine article from: American Forests Maier, Craig March 22, 2006 700+ words
...celebrated in A Sand County Almanac, have outlived Leopold by 58 years now...conservationist, Leopold founded the study...widely known for A Sand County Almanac, published...this seminal work Leopold identified the need...
Source: HighBeam Research, A novel understanding of ecology.