Leopold's "Thinking Like Mountain"

Aldo Leopold was a naturalist and writer. The short essay "Thinking Like A Mountain" is quoted in your textbook on page 26.

Click the above link and read the entire essay. On the discussion board, write a paragraph in which you describe the way in which Cox uses Leopold as a source for his argument.

Why did Cox choose Leopold? How did he incorporate Leopold's text into his own? How does your experience with the whole essay differ from your encounter with the quotation?

Aldo Leopold

A short video about Aldo Leopold and the land that inspired A Sand Country Almanac.

This Leopold-based video is a bit longer (10 minutes) and more of a mini-documentary.

Here's another video which invites you to redefine "environmentalist" and "conservative" in light of Leopold's work.