Leopold really likes to use big words to make him sound smart.
"That man is, in fact, only a member of a biotic team is shown by an ecological interpretation of history. Many historical events, hitherto explained soupy in terms of human enterprise, were actually biotic interactions between people and land."
I understand what this excerpt from his book is trying to say, that men should appreciate and care about the land, and that poisoning it, like we do every day, is like poisoning ourselves. I get it.
"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land." Leopold 63
I like this quote and am going to use it when necessary.
This excerpt heavily emphasizes people and land over profit. Which I support as well.
"it is only in recent years that we hear the more honest argument that predators are members of the community, and that no special interest has the right to exterminate them for the sake of a benefit, real or fancied, to itself." Leopold 65
This quote points out that there are bigger things in play than predators eating prey for the greater good of humans. The whole system is connected together. We can't just look at one aspect of an ecosystem and decided that it's beneficial for us. Just like we can't just decide that it's not beneficial to us, and immediately irradiate the problem. We have to look at the big picture.
"...in fact, much higher education seems deliberately to avoid ecological concepts." Leopold 76
Gonna have to disagree with you there, Al. If by higher education, he means universities, I'd say that in this day and age, Universities are doing far better in educating their students about the importance of maintaining a balanced ecosystem. Take, for example, this class.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/238666.htm
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