A Sand County almanac: Based on the writings of Aldo Leopold

Duration: 15

Genre: Adaptation | Educational | Nature

Year Published: 1979

Creator: BAILEY FILM ASSOCIATES

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Aldo Leopold wrote beautifully about the natural environment all over America, but especially his "Sand County" farm in Wisconsin. As a professor of biology, he presented the idea of ecology long before it became fashionable, and created a progressive concept for land use called the "land ethic." In this film he describes his ethic in poetic language., Uses scenes of wildlife and flowers in a country setting as background for the readings of Aldo Leopold, a biology professor who presented the idea of ecology long before it became fashionable. Concentrates on the writer's "Sand County" farm in Wisconsin as the importance of ecology and the natural environment are stressed.

Complete Record: Aldo Leopold wrote beautifully about the natural environment all over America, but especially his "Sand County" farm in Wisconsin. As a professor of biology, he presented the idea of ecology long before it became fashionable, and created a progressive concept for land use called the "land ethic." In this film he describes his ethic in poetic language., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.