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Gaylord Nelson at Wyaslung State Park

Madison Reads Leopold, 2010

March 6, 2010

“Yearly, the feathered tempest roared up, down, and across the continent, sucking up the laden fruits of forest and prairie, burning them in a traveling blast of life….”

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Reading the Land|| Local Life
Tagged With: Spring, Reading Aloud, Holidays, Environment, Aldo Leopold
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What’s on Your Plate?

October 25, 2008

One of the things that has blessed us in our time in this part of Wisconsin has been the chance to live close to our food. It’s not that we sat farther from our plates in the city where I grew up, of course; it’s that we sat further away from the land that was our food’s native home.

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Tagged With: Cities, Circle M Farm, Catherine Gund, Blanchardville, Ann Vileisis, Aldo Leopold, Food, Wisconsin, Troy Community Farm, Thomas A. Lyson, Stories, Seasons, Rick Sanger, Movies
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Family, Heroes, and History

February 12, 2008

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Reading Aldo Leopold

One thing that Aldo Leopold did to become great was find, and use, his voice. His family was in many ways similar to mine and to thousands of others here in Wisconsin; his famous shack seemed completely familiar to us–just like Grandad’s place up north. But he made a difference in the world by figuring out what he had to say that was worth saying, and saying it wisely and well.

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Shelved with: History|| Reading the Land|| Continuing Stories|| Community & Time
Tagged With: History, Wisconsin, Sand County Almanac, Reading Leopold, Homer Daehn, Home School, Heroes, Environment, Energy, Education, Earth Day, Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, Aldo Leopold
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Good Oak and Good History: Leopold’s “Sand County Almanac”

December 19, 2007

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Reading Aldo Leopold

Here, right here, is where it happened–the Leopold family and their farm, the acorn, the rabbits, the Civil War, the covered wagons (with all the Ingalls family times), the Great Depression, the dust bowl drouths, floods, storms, fires, extinctions, and acts of government; and the lightning, and the heat from the fire.

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Shelved with: History|| Reading the Land|| Continuing Stories|| Community & Time
Tagged With: Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, StarLogo, Sand County Almanac, Reading Leopold, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Home School, History, Good Oak, Forest, Environment, Education, China, Aldo Leopold
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Locals in a New Place – Reading Aldo Leopold

August 9, 2007

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Reading Aldo Leopold

The literacy of children thus follows the passions and engagements of the parents, and starts where they are.

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Shelved with: Continuing Stories|| Reading the Land|| Hearts & Minds
Tagged With: Wisconsin, Reading Aloud, Place, Environment, Chicago, Aldo Leopold
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