reflecting on the Land Ethic

During the week following Aldo Leopold's birthday, I'm still reflecting on the parts of his teachings that I have incorporated into my own worldview.

" ...he offers a view of  land as something more  than  mere  physical  media. Land  is a biotic community. It  includes  the  soils, of   course, but  also all  the  microscopic and macroscopic  life  inhabiting  a  physical environ. Under this view, the human  is just one member species living interdependently and in community with other species. Systemic integrity and stability of  the entire ecological organism are measures by which   to  judge  the ethical  content  of    human  behaviors  and  policies." (see  more  of   Bob  Sandmeyer's  article at:  http://www.academia.edu/1666398/An_Existential_Interpretation_of_Aldo_Leopold_s_Concept_of_Land