Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time
Documentary film, 73:30 minutes long Green Fire: Aldo Leopold
and a Land Ethic for Our Time is the first full-length
documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo
Leopold. The film explores Aldo Leopold’s life in the early part
of the twentieth century and the many ways his land ethic idea
continues to be applied all over the world today. The screening
will take place on Wednesday, April 17 at 6 pm at the Seaside
Public Library. A production of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the
U.S. Forest Service, and the Center for Humans and Nature, the
film shares highlights from Leopold’s life and extraordinary
career, explaining how he shaped conservation in the twentieth
century and still inspires people today. Although probably best
known as the author of the conservation classic A Sand County
Almanac, Leopold is also renowned for his work as an educator,
philosopher, forester, ecologist, and wilderness advocate. “Aldo
Leopold’s legacy lives on to