Thinking Like a Mountain During a Silent Spring

Anon E. MooseEnvironment, Written or Spoken Word

Thinking like a mountain is a concept used by Aldo Leopold to emphasize the ethical premise that every individual is a part of a larger interdependent biotic community, and right action can be judged by how it affects the environment. Thinking like a mountain is meant to personify the land in a way that encourages ethical consideration of the entire …