Rationale
The emergence and evolution of an American land ethic, and a global “earth ethic,” has formed the core problematic of the conservation/environmental movement over the last century, especially in the decades since Aldo Leopold defined the discussion in his classic A Sand County Almanac (1949). Further development of the land ethic is fundamental to achieving healthier and more resilient relationships between humans and nature. As long-term social and environmental trends play out and new issues emerge, we need to advance the land ethic by involving new audiences and constituencies. We need as well to continually examine and elaborate the intellectual foundations of the evolving ethic.
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