"We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a..." - Aldo Leopold

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“We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we begin to use it with love and respect.”

— Aldo Leopold

Leopold reframes our relationship with land from ownership to membership in a living community.

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