Community Quote by Aldo Leopold

“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

All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . .…

— Aldo Leopold

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 focus of environmental ethics should indeed be on the virtues and how these inform our relationship to natural environments.

— David E. Cooper

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

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

“Community is like a garden, it is an organic living thing; if it is neglected, it can overgrow with weeds and suffer decline. Communities…

— Cory Bernardi

“Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form that includes…

— Wendell Berry

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

We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren,…

— Paul Brooks

“No settled family or community has ever called its home place an “environment.” None has ever called its feeling for its home place “biocentric”…

— Wendell Berry

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the…

— Lyndon B. Johnson