What people are saying...

“It was great, I loved the variety and the way the panels were organized.”

 “Well, I’m sure that the word may get around that there was a woman who broke down and cried… that was me.  I was overwhelmed by the whole experience and it caught up with me.  But it was worth it.  I don’t think people get emotional enough about these issues.  At first I felt shame for being so emotional, but it led to a sense of passion surrounding my emotions—proud that I feel something, which is what I feel we all need to harness and share with each other.”

“This conference has pulled me way out of my comfort zone.”

“Such a variety of experiences here—can we integrate all these worlds?”

“There is a missed opportunity.  As fabulous as this conference was, I’m not moved into action.  Speakers can plant seeds/ideas/ways of taking action so that 500 people are left with an idea of how to personally mitigate carbon, how to reduce footprints, personally, as a community, as a university, as a Leopold Conference participant.  Where is the call to action?”

“The diversity of the speakers was what drew me to this conference!  And it is imperative that the diversity continue.  Let’s find a way to keep the conversation going now that it has so grandly begun!”

“Wow!!  I left this Friday evening feeling excited, uplifted, and positive.  What an amazing group of presenters—speaking with honesty.”

“One of the best conferences I have ever attended.”

 “The stories—all of them, given as stories or perspectives—were the essence of this conference.  Taken together with a little science and activism, practitioners created a rich, diverse gathering of People of the Land.”

“The diversity of voices was the best part of the conference.  There was tension, but that’s needed in order to get someplace in this conversation.”

“First I want to thank you for including me in your seminar in Albuquerque last week, and to compliment your staff for a job very well done. I heard, and met, a number of very interesting people, and maybe even this old dog learned a little as well. I am one of the attendees who had not heard of Aldo Leopold before this seminar was announced, and was not, then, familiar with his Land Ethic.. This week, however, I read A Sand County Almanac, that, as you know, contains the subject paper. I may have been asleep for a day and a half (I do wish I had taken better notes!), but I don't remember any extensive discussion of the central theme of thay paper, that we need to stop considering land as property. In the sixty years that have intervened since that paper was published have we made any progress in this regard? Are there programs extant designed to promote the land ethic? If so, where, who, and have they had any impact. In fact, what might a program with this goal look like? Is it timely to renew our efforts now, and if so where, who, and how? ”

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