ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Biocoenosis, Cathedra, Land Ethic

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Simon Appolloni

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Aldo leopold (1887 1948: scientist, professional game manager for u. s. governmental agencies, (cid:862)i(cid:374) those days we had never heard of passing up a chance to kill a (cid:449)olf (cid:863, land ethic, (cid:862) . I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was somethi ng new to me in those eyes something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger itch; i thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolv es would mean hunters" paradise. Unreal and improper self understanding of our role (on earth: 2. Neither the wolf or the mountain was an object: (cid:862) the cowman who clears his range of wolves does not realize that he is taking over the wolf"s job of trimming the herd to fit the range. He has not learned to think like a mountain: the wolf feeds into the life cycle of cows naturally.