Leopold's concept of an "ecological conscience.

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Ecological Conscience
Ecological conscience begins with conservation, which occurs conditions of harmony created
between man and the land. According to Leopold (2014), to achieve that harmony, conservation
educations should be offered to the various parties. For instance, the individuals are required to
obey the laws and regulations and practice profitable conservation measures in the private land
hence leaving the government through relevant authorities to perform the rest (Leopold, 2014).
In the scenario of the Wisconsin farmers, to save the sleeping soli towards the sea, farmers
selected conservation activities profitable for their firms. Still, they ignored those actions that
could benefit the entire community. In the cases of this community, the ecological conscience
takes the form of existence of the duties of over, and above individual's interests are taken
granted (Leopold, 2014). Instead, the entire land ethics and norms get governed by the economic
individual's interest; hence farmers putting in various measures to save their soils but nothing
more.
The concepts of the “community” must include the land as a “member” based on various
reasons. Firstly, individuals exiting the community in the form of interdependent portions in
which his instincts prompt him for competition in the pace in the community, but ethics make
such persons cooperate (Leopold, 2014). Land ethics in the community system extends hence
including soil, water, animals, and plants. Secondly, the land ethic changes the nature of the
human being as the land conquerors thus existing as the citizen and members of the land which
result in respect for others and community (Leopold, 2014). As a result, the land characteristics
determine the nature of the people or community that inhabit that particular land for their uses.
I strongly agree with Leopold’s concepts of community and land issues as well as ecological
conscience. Most of the individuals get involved in conserving their land for personal interest
and gains but ignoring the beneficial conservation practices for the entire community.
References
Leopold, A. (2014). The land ethic. In The Ecological Design and Planning Reader (pp. 341-
350). Island Press, Washington, DC.