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George Perkins Marsh and the Italian Land Ethic (1861-1882)
E&H Environment and History Restoring the Countryside: George Perkins Marsh and the Italian Land Ethic (1861-1882) Marcus Hall Environment and History 4(1998): 91-103 G.P. Marsh wrote his ... , as in the United States, Marsh's writings helped stimulate discussion leading to major new land-use policies; generally preservationist measures in the U.S. and restorationist measures in Italy. The ...
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Adele Getty - Finding the Native Within
This awareness gave rise to the already blossoming environmental movement and to the back-to-the-land ethic. Over the years we have seen growing numbers of people seeking contact with the Earth ... changes in lifestyle that allow them the opportunity to live a simpler existence close to the land. One particular expression of this has been the development of intentional communities, places where like- ...
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No Evolution Without Revolution (Do or Die)
This radical shift in social priorities - from a land ethic[12] to a land grab - is the overwhelming cause of the Highlands' subsequent malaise. Of course, ... cooperative behavioural change, never easy to bring about anyway, is especially unlikely where grossly unequal land tenure and marketing systems ensure that a powerful minority will capture nearly all the benefits ...
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What is a Conservation Easement?
The easement is signed by the landowner (the easement donor), and the Land Trust of Virginia (the party receiving the easement), and recorded with the County Registrar of ... the landowner, LTV will evaluate the property to determine whether it meets these criteria. The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals ...
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Land Stewardship Resource Centre
Today, more urgently than ever before in human history, we need to rediscover a land ethic. Our constructed world, culture of over consumption, current economic system, and mostly urban living ... dominant modus operandi. Humans are everywhere, impacting every element of Nature. We will always be land users, but our "ecological conscience" requires us to make a concerted effort to back off ...
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A Sea Ethic - MarineBio.org
Dr. Sylvia Earle, Marine Biologist "Extending a sea ethic would mean recognizing the ocean’s importance to the continued existence of life on our planet ... an ethical responsibility for humans to protect the sea. Sea Ethic is a counterpart to forester and naturalist Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic. For such a complicated and troublesome set of problems, we ...
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Land Use: Why Plan? - Open Spaces Magazine
During this time Congress enacted federal laws that have had significant impacts on land use: The National Environmental Policy Act, The Wilderness Act, The National Forest Management Act, The ... all in this together, and our children and grandchildren look to us to develop a land ethic for tomorrow as farsighted as possible and as fair as possible to landowners, to ...
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EcoEarth.Info Environment Links: Land/Restoration Ecology
Added: Feb. 09, 2001 | Rate It Arboretum, University of Wisconsin-Madison http://uwarboretum.org/ mission is to conserve and restore Arboretum lands, advance restoration ecology, and foster the land ethic; recognized as the birthplace of ecological restoration Added: Jun. 30, 2004 | Rate It California Invasive Plant Council http://www.cal-ipc.org/ seeks to protect California's wildlands through ...
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JULT - Jericho Underhill Land Trust - conserving land in Vermont
The ethic of earth stewardship, notes Eveleen, involves "recognizing that all of our Earth's beings have ... property hereafter known as Wolfrun Natural Area passed into the hands of The Jericho Underhill Land Trust. Click Here to read the official PRESS RELEASE. ____________________________________________ 07/13/2003 JULT honored ...
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NRDC: Land Use & Abuse: In Brief
U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to industrial development, at the expense of environmental protections.U.S. Public Lands Photo ... Natural Resources Take a Hit More > Related Stories In the Canadian Boreal Forest, a Conservation Ethic at Work After fighting successfully for years to keep destructive logging, hydropower and mining projects ...
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