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Leopold Centennial Gathering at Yale University features CHN Colleagues

Ideas of Humans and Nature, Advancing the Land Ethic

April 3rd, 2009

On April 3 the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies held a special symposium and celebration to honor the centennial of the graduation of Aldo Leopold. Dean of the School and CHN Board Member Gus Speth welcomed some 150 attendees to the gathering, which was co-sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation of Baraboo, Wisconsin. Presenters at the symposium included Curt Meine, Leopold biographer and CNH Director for Conservation Biology and History; Bruce Jennings, CHN Director of Bioethics; CHN advisor Wes Jackson; and CHN Senior Fellow Peter Brown. Also representing CHN were Board Member Vivian Donnelley and Acting President Brooke Hecht.

The day featured roundtable discussions on four themes: Leopold’s place in American environmental history; his legacy in natural resource management; his contributions to philosophy and ethics; and his meaning for contemporary students in the environmental sciences and conservation. Leopold’s daughter (and Yale alumna) Estella Leopold and great-granddaughter Clare Kazanski (currently working with Environmental Defense) offered personal recollections of life in the Leopold family. Attendees were also able to watch a special “sneak preview” of the film-in-progress Green Fire: The Life and Legacy of Aldo Leopold. The Yale School plans to make netcasts of the symposium discussions available soon. If you would like to be notified of their availability, please send an e-mail to leopold@yale.edu. For more information on the Yale-Leopold centennial events, visit the website http://environment.yale.edu/leopold.

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