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Whether you're a student, educator, or a lifelong learner, find valuable resources to deepen your understanding of conservation and the land ethic. Our extensive collection of materials is designed to enhance your knowledge of environmental stewardship and develop a land ethic.

Virtual Shack Tour

Virtually explore the historic cabin where Aldo Leopold reflected on and wrote about his revolutionary conservation ideas.

Green Fire Film

This Emmy award-winning documentary is a must see for students everywhere. Stream it today!

Guiding Virtues of a Land Ethic

Discover and discuss The Guiding Virtues of the Land Ethic with our discussion guide.

A Sand County Almanac Discussion Guide

Download this engaging discussion guide for the timeless classic, A Sand County Almanac!

A color portrait of Aldo Leopold as he sits in a chair outside
Who was aldo leopold?

An Enduring Legacy

Among Aldo Leopold’s best-known ideas is the “land ethic,” which calls for an ethical, caring relationship between people and nature. This land ethic continues to inform our work, values, and goals at the Aldo Leopold Foundation today, just as it informs the work of countless individuals and organizations worldwide – a testament to the power of Leopold’s conservation philosophy.

Leopold's Magnum Opus

A Sand County Almanac

First published by Oxford University Press in 1949, Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac has become a conservation classic, selling over 2 million copies worldwide and being translated into 15 languages. Leopold spent many years crafting these essays, which inspire readers to understand how the natural world works and to care for all wild things. Informed by his developing philosophies and his family’s effort to transform the landscape surrounding The Shack, the essays make an appeal for moral responsibility to the natural world.

The cover of A Sand County Almanac