Author Scott Russell Sanders asks: how would Leopold’s land ethic apply to our planet as a whole? This talk delves into understanding Leopold's concept of the living community on various scales, from backyards to watersheds, bioregions, and the entire planet.

James Edward Mills shares his work with the Joy Trip Project–his ongoing project exploring how we can all live in balance with the natural world and each other.

Future conservation leaders connect to the same land the Leopold family cared for as fellows at the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Class of 2022 Leopold Fellows Sarah, Max, Leah, and Maria share how they connect to nature to develop their own land ethic.

Join Aldo Leopold Foundation Executive Director Buddy Huffaker as he overviews the 2023 speaker series focused on nurturing reciprocity. Past Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kim Blaeser joins, offering poetry to ground us as Leopold Week 2023 is kicked off.

Nature writing is a key entryway to get folks to care for natural environments. Join us in conversation with Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing, to discuss the importance of sharing a love of nature through writing—and how her work is inspired by Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac.

Especially in recent years, it has become no secret that the conservation movement has a troubling past. Where do we find hope in that history, and in currently emerging movements, for a brighter future? Join Beloved Beasts author Michelle Nijhuis to explore the people and places that created the conservation movement and where Leopold and his impact fit in that grand timeline.

An ongoing reckoning with race in American history has drawn attention to racism in the environmental movement. Critiques have focused on themes such as forced removal of Indigenous peoples from ancestral lands, early conservationists’ support for eugenics, and the chronic lack of diversity in environmental organizations. Today, as people around the world struggle to address complex and interconnected social and environmental crises, our shared future depends on forging an ethic that integrates diverse voices, belief systems, and ways of knowing.

Dr. Curt Meine joins a panel of guests, Dr. Priscilla Ybarra, Dr. Eduardo Santana, and Dr. Lin Qi Feng, to examine the broad arc of Western conservation history, the evolution of a shared land ethic, and the progress and work ahead of us in realizing an ethic of responsibility and reciprocity among people, and between people and land.

"Nature" writing, from the transcendentalists to the present-day Anthropocene, reflects the voice of a "movement" undergoing a dramatic change from paternal savior mentality to present-day woe. In between wilderness agendas and modern angst, how do we write to beauty such that we continue to be fueled by the fight to save some for later? Aldo Leopold set one of the best examples for this transformative work, but others before and since, have taken on the challenge of writing urgently toward a better present. This discussion of writing craft and conservation will take on the task of why nature writing matters more than ever and how the process evolves in current context of more diverse voices and social movements being included in the stories.