Land Ethic

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To be given a freedom of writing your own rules to help facilitate farming while using best practices of land conservation, in return, receive free services and loaned equipment. This sounded like a great idea, get people involved to make choices yielding desired result for All,even those without a voice. This opportunity given to the farmers of 1937,really caught my attention on our attitude towards land conservation . The following summary is based on my thoughts after reading “The Land Ethic” by Aldo Leopold.
The “Farmer”
In Leopold's “Land Ethic” he gives us an example of the farmers of 1933 that were faced with slipping soils in Wisconsin causing a need for action. they came up with a five year plan, were basically man watched out for land in exchange for services that were benefiting for the farmer. After the five year period the farmer continued only the practices that benefited them. this prompted the Soil Conservation District Law to be passed in 1937. Where the farmers were allowed to write their own rules that would be backed by law in exchange for services rendered and equipment,material loaned.

What was really disturbing to me is the fact this law was passed in 1937 and yet no rules have been written, Why? Leopold’s answer “One is told that a community is not ready to support them; education must precede rules”. Education to me has been what we need to learn in order to achieve our own monetary gains or how to give our kids a better life then we had by supplying materialistic needs for a higher status quo.
Education has not been what can we do to keep the soil fertile or better facilitating the water that falls on land. I can see now why no rules have been written to this day and how our ignorance...

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Even though I self interest for land ethics, I care about what we leave for future generations and if they will be able to enjoy the land like we do today, or will mankind waste

Reading the “Land Ethics” really opened up my eyes and made me question my self interest and how i am like the majority, but through teaching and activities like the Land Ethics paper I hope more people will learn the effects our decisions and attitudes have on land. It really made me think about the farmers and how our way of life we seem to overlook what is really important to us and not just our instant gratification, our actions have a tremendous impact on something much bigger then we think. For us to give up the conquerer and become just a citizen of the community will take teaching and laws combined sometimes we have to be forced into a way of life for unseen conditions.

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