Analysis Of A Sand County Almanac

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Annotation: This source does a great job of explaining the difference between the political view of environmentalism, and the Christian view on the environment. The source goes on to talk about how those differences are highlighted by the fact that Christians believe they are placed by God, in charge of Creation. Whereas the political view leans more towards the idea that we are equals with the rest of creation.

Annotation: This article discusses the different comparison between biodiversity and island size. This article argues that smaller islands can often be more diverse than larger islands. Although smaller islands have smaller niche constraints and immigration rates, the comparison to niche rates versus island size is greater than the …show more content…

Although written in 1940’s, A Sand County Almanac tells of the woes and problems that quietly haunted that the United States in that time period of rapid expansion and modernization that are still of concern today. Aldo Leopold accurately predicts the loss of wild land and species that seem to have no value except for cultivation and sport respectively. By breaking up the book into three sections, A Sand County Almanac, Sketches Here and There, and The Upshot, Leopold builds a case for a change in thought and attitude toward the land. The first section describes the nature around him. The second describes how nature works and what it used to be. The third, shortest but most important, section gives the value of the land in terms of instrumental, intrinsic, and God-assigned value, and how we should include the land in the idea of community. It the is the well-being of all things instead of just humanity because humans are interconnected to all of nature: humans affect the whole world with their …show more content…

State lines tend to be more in line with an ecosystem than national lines therefore it is easier to pass laws specific to the needs of one specific ecosystem in that one specific area than nationwide. Same is true for endangered species lists. Sometimes a species is going extinct in one area is thriving throughout the rest of the country therefore it is not placed on the endangered species list until it is too late. The smaller the regions can be broken into, the more specific the laws and regulations can get. This helps conserve

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