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New Edition of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work by Curt Meine

Advancing the Land Ethic, Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time

October 4th, 2010

The University of Wisconsin Press has released a 2010 edition of Curt Meine’s biography of Aldo Leopold.  Meine’s book traces Leopold’s life from his Iowa childhood along the Mississippi River to his emergence as an internationally influential scientist, writer, and teacher.  Meine, who is Director for Conservation Biology and History at the Center for Humans and Nature, has contributed a new introduction that reviews Leopold’s expanding legacy in the 21st century.  The book also includes an appreciation by Wendell Berry, especially prepared for this edition.  To learn more and order a copy, visit The University of Wisconsin Press.

The cover of this book features a photo of Aldo Leopold, and mentions the appreciation by Wendell Berry.

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Wendell Berry Delivers Strachan Donnelley Lecture at Land Institute’s 2010 Prairie Festival

September 27th, 2010

Wendell Berry delivers this year’s annual Strachan Donnelley Lecture on Conservation and Restoration at The Land Institute’s annual Prairie Festival. The author of more than 40 works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, Berry is a farmer whose writings express his deep connection to the land, the value of community, and the importance of living sustainably. The lecture series is in honor of Strachan Donnelley, philosopher, conservationist and founder of the Center for Humans and Nature. Read more on the event at Front Porch Republic. Audio CDs are available for Prairie Festivals 2006 to 2010. To order a CD please visit The Land Institute.

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CHN Presents at American Corn Growers Association Convention

January 16th, 2009

CHN colleagues Curt Meine and Paul Heltne were invited speakers at the annual meeting of the American Corn Growers Association in Iowa. Curt and Paul participated (with CHN partner Donald Hey of The Wetlands Initiative) in a panel on conservation entitled “Continuing the Gains and Focusing on Problems: Water Quality Trading as a Potential Solution.” Meine’s talk focused on the need for integrated solutions to complex conservation problems, while Heltne focused on sustainable economic approaches that properly integrate human economies within natural systems. These framed Hey’s discussion of the potential for nutrient farming in Illinois, a project that CHN has helped to develop over the last several years. The talks at the ACGA meeting were recorded and are available for listening at http://www.acga.org.

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