"Darwin and Wallace as Environmental Philosophers"
This article compares the thoughts of Darwin and Wallace on human evolution and the relations between humans and the rest of nature.
This article compares the thoughts of Darwin and Wallace on human evolution and the relations between humans and the rest of nature.
This article examines whether and how Aldo Leopold was influenced by American Pragmatism, a formal school of philosophy.
Wild Earth 10, no. 4 celebrates the journal’s 10-year anniversary with a retrospective of past highlights and many new contributions.
Wild Earth 9, no. 3 celebrates Aldo Leopold’s legacy. Also in this issue are reports on the Loomis Forest Wildlands, the Southern Rockies and the Grand Canyon ecoregion, and indigenous knowledge and conservation policy in Papua New Guinea.
A geography and history of the Alps, filmed exclusively with aerial shots.
Wild Earth 6, no. 2 features Bill McKibben on nature writing and common ground, Laura Westra writes about ecosystem integrity, sustainability, and the “Fish Wars”, and W. O. Pruitt explains “The Caribou Commons.”
Ludwig Leichhardt’s original letters are held at the archive of the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
To view the digitized letters and to read their English translation, please click on the links below:
1. Letter to his brother-in-law, Friedrich August Schmalfuß
(Sydney, 23 March 1842)
Even before he departed for Australia, Ludwig Leichhardt kept in touch with his family via letters written during his travels. Between 23 March 1842 and 22 February 1848, he sent 17 letters back home from Australia; these letters document the period from his arrival on the continent until the disappearance of his final expedition. Leichhardt’s letters are an important source of information about his experiences, plans, and everyday concerns, as well as securing his reputation as a scientist.
Child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today’s wired generation—he calls it nature-deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, attention disorders, and depression.
Bill Bryson introduces the history and ecology of the Appalachian Trail.