Description
Please respond to all 6 of the question sets below with full paragraphs and original thoughts.
Sand Count Almanac Foreword
KEY CONCEPT: COMMUNITY
Leopold encouraged people to expand their vision of the world around them to include the natural world in their community as they would their neighbors. When people begin to look at plants, animals, soils, and waters in that context, they may consider them in a different way.
QUESTIONS
1. Compare your values with Leopold’s: Is the ability to see geese more important to you than television or social media? Are you one who can live without wild things or one who cannot? How do various groups in American society currently determine the value of wild things? How is this demonstrated? How do disagreements about values play out in our government or society?
2. Leopold talks about the need to “get the company back in step.” Who is the company in this metaphor? What does Leopold suggest might be needed for the company to get back in step? Has the definition of conservation changed or stayed the same since Leopold’s time? What does Leopold refer to when he talks about “community”?
Thinking Like a Mountain
KEY CONCEPT: HUMILITY
Leopold’s own misdeeds led him to be very concerned about the impacts of those with good intentions, but incomplete information. According to Leopold, humanity’s blind pursuit of “success” needs to be re-evaluated.
QUESTIONS
3. Politicians are often criticized for changing their minds or positions on issues. However, it is critical for scientists to be able to do just this, sometimes referred to as a “paradigm shift.” Can you think about a time when learning allowed you consciously to change your mind about something? Is this the goal of education?
4. This essay identifies many different perspectives, that of the wolf, the hunter, the rancher, and ultimately the mountain. Leopold is challenging the reader to re-read the natural order from the mountain’s perspective. What does that mean to you?
5. Leopold describes the intense power of seeing the “green fire” die in the wolf’s eye, but he didn’t understand until many years later why his actions felt wrong. Have you ever done something you thought was right, but regretted it later? What made you realize you were mistaken?
6. At the end of the essay Leopold seems to be asking if complacency, or “safety,” will ultimately result in danger. “Wildness” reminds us that we cannot, or perhaps even should not, try to control everything. Do you agree? Why/why not?
Explanation & Answer
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Sand Count Almanac Foreword
KEY CONCEPT: COMMUNITY
Compare your values with Leopold’s: Is the ability to see geese more important to you than
television or social media? Are you one who can live without wild things or one who
cannot? How do various groups in American society currently determine the value of wild
things? How is this demonstrated? How do disagreements about values play out in our
government or society?
The ability to see geese is less important to me than watching television. When I see
geese frequently, I may need to change to something else. Given the opportunity to view
something rare than geese, I would quite see geese even if it is temporary. I cannot live without
wild things because I consider them vital for survival than a luxury. Surviving without wild
things like plants and animals is impossible since I need them for necessary life activities. Most
American groups value wild nature from a financial viewpoint. The groups have the goal of
controlling and keeping nature flourishing; governments protect nature since they should
organize, control, and protect wild things. American groups control nature by eliminating some
species, which might stagnate wild things due to lack of evolution. Conflicts over wild things'
value often arise, and solutions involve peaceful dialogues that do not involve a destructive
display of authority.
Leopold talks about the need to “get the company back in step.” Who is the company in
this metaphor? What does Leopold suggest might be needed for the company to get back in
step? Has the definition of conservation changed or stayed the same since Leopold’s time?
What does Leopold refer to when he talks about “community”?
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The company involves the man, especially those that can survive without nature. People
use the land for various industrial processes, and the land produces a cultural harvest. Man
abuses wild things because he takes them as a product that belongs to him. Man needs to use the
land sufficiently to enjoy its cultural and scientific benefits. People need to use land with respect
and care for land to survive mechanization. The explanation of conservation ha...
