Community Quote by Aldo Leopold

My favorite quote: The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land...…

— Aldo Leopold

The 'key-log' which must be moved to release the evolutionary process for an ethic is simply this: quit thinking about decent land-use as solely…

— Land ethic

A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life.

— Stewart Udall

The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.

— Margaret Halsey

When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may see it with love and respect. - Perhaps such a shift…

— Aldo Leopold

“[The idea] of an environmental ethic runs contrary to our cultural tradition.”

— John Livingston. from "One Cosmic Moment

“That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of…

— Aldo Leopold

I have seen that community and a close relationship with the land can enrich human life beyond all comparison with material wealth or technological…

— Helena Norberg-Hodge

A land ethic...reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the…

— Aldo Leopold

It's just that when I work on someone else's land, it makes me aware of the social nature of that landscape.

— Andy Goldsworthy

That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of…

— Aldo Leopold

An ethic that emphasizes relationship and community can be concerned with protecting the individual's interests, but always with an eye to trying to reconcile…

— David Wong