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Bio Land Ethic Paper
Bio Land Ethic Paper
Leopold feels that we have consumed up the land, and taken it for granted
so much that its necessary and morally correct for us to give back and
preserve the land around us today. He wants you to look at the land as your
best friend. If your best friend does something for you, the general tendency
is to do something nice back as a thank you for being there. Well why cant
we do that with the land? Its been there before humans walked the earth; it
has provided many luxuries and commodities for us that we have lost our
sense of pride and gratitude towards the land. I feel that Aldo Leopold would
want us to continue to pursue a more green way of living. It is necessary
for civilization to grow but with that we need to take more pride and be
morally obligated to care for and conserve the land around us.
I believe that our surroundings, in this case the land, and what it
provides for us is an obligation that we should not take for granted. I
personally feel that the land was intended for our use and the use of the
ecosystems they are a part of. We should do what we can to preserve and
protect the environment and prevent any malicious use of the land. I feel
that we should strive to better understand what we can do to help
accomplish this with limiting our use of non-recyclable goods and control our
destruction of land for business and industry.
My parents who are from a very small town in Mexico always stressed
how important it is to preserve and regulate consumption of natural
resources. Water and decent soil to grow crops on was scarce so they really
needed to make sure to preserve the little they have to ensure the longevity
of the valuable areas around them. When they came over to the states they
continued this by taking advantage of recycle programs and instilled certain
values in me as far as how I can play my part in being morally understanding
and correct about how I should treat the goods the land has given us.
We as a species feel that we are top dog, that we have the power to
control and consume the goods that come from the land. Well in a way that
is true we have cultivated farming systems, food industries and an
international consumer trade system that allows us to use and consume the
natural resources that the land has provided. Unfortunately I feel that there
is more consumption of these resources than actual preservation. Many
species of animals and plants have gone extinct or are endangered of being
extinct because of our uncontrollable dependency and their vulnerability to
our actions. We dont realize it but our ability to consume and expand our
cities and industries into various types of land outweighs the ability of that
land to compensate or reproduce to keep up with our rate of expansion. The
best way to combat this is respect the land as if it were your neighbor
because It technically is. You wouldnt wander into your neighbors yard so
you can use their BBQ grill right? You would ask, and in this case you want to
do the same with the land before using a consumable you want to educate
yourself on the best way to go about it without doing more harm than good
to the environment.
The land ethic by Aldo Leopold opened up a certain light into how I
should look at the world. In a way Ive begin to come to a greater
understanding of how and why we should worry about our surroundings and
what we can do to change the way we go about our lives. Before reading his
essay I never really took much thought into how important or how I could
possibly make a difference in regards to the land. Im sure anyone that has
read this would agree that Aldo Leopold at the time was on the right track in
how he saw the land and how we as a society should come to appreciate all
that it has given us.
My personal beliefs and practices regarding the environment all have
purpose into helping it. After reading Aldos essay I have a much deeper and
more thorough understanding than I did before. Along with that it has further
gained more interest in taking this conservation biology course as well in
hopes of discovering new ways that I can do my part and whatever is
necessary to keep our land in the shape it was intended to be.