Aldo Leopold Nature Center: Land Ethic® Live! during Leopold Week
March 4 @ 7:00 pm - March 6 @ 8:00 pm
Join us for Leopold Week 2025, a three-day exploration of how our connections to nature begin right at home, featuring acclaimed authors Margaret Renkl (The Comfort of Crows), Camille T. Dungy (Soil), and Amy Tan (The Backyard Bird Chronicles). Through their deeply personal narratives, these writers share the profound significance of observing and nurturing the natural world in our own backyards, gardens, and local landscapes. Their stories celebrate the sense of place, the resilience of nature, and the human responsibility to reciprocate the gifts of the land.
- Margaret Renkl—The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, March 4, 7 p.m. CST
- Camille T. Dungy—Soil: The Story Of a Black Mother’s Garden, March 5, 7 p.m. CST
- Amy Tan—The Backyard Bird Chronicles, March 6, 7 p.m. CST
Register for Leopold Week!
What is a Land EthiC®?
A Land Ethic® expands the definition of “community” to include not only humans, but all of the other parts of the Earth, as well: soils, waters, plants, and animals – “the land”. In a Land Ethic®, the relationships between people and land are intertwined; care for people cannot be separated from care for the land. Thus, a Land Ethic® is a moral code of conduct that stems from these interconnected caring relationships.