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ALDO LEOPOLD

American Forester, Ecologist, Philosopher, and Author (1886-1948)

A graduate of the Yale School of Forestry, Aldo Leopold spent the first half of his career with the U.S. Forest Service in New Mexico and Arizona, and-in 1933-became the firs professor of game management at the University of Wisconsin. He helped found the Wilderness Society in 1935 and was also an organizer of The Wildlife Society in 1937. Because of his influence in creating wilderness areas in certain national forests and his concept o the "biotic community", which has helped our nation develop a better sense of responsibility toward nature, Leopold is considered the "ecological conscience" of the first half o: this century. In addition, he was a director of the National Audubon Society and a vice president of the American Forestry Association. He's best known, however, for writing A Sand County Almanac, which was published in 1949.

"The problems of the sea cannot be completely separated from those of the rest of the planet, any more than the blood can be separated from the rest of the body."

JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU

French Marine Explorer, Author, and Film Producer (1910- )

Jacques Cousteau, a marine explorer for more than 35 years, has invented underwater equipment and coined much of the terminology used in underseas studies. He has also had a vast impact upon the public with such books as The Living Sea (1963), and his films The Silent World and World Without Sun both won awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and at the Cannes Film Festival, while The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau was a television favorite from 1968 to 1976. Today, Cousteau has one of the ten mos t recognized names in the United States, and he has succeeded in bringing greater knowledge and awareness of- ocean studies to millions of people throughout the world.

" . . . so delicate is much of the environment, so precarious are its balances, that human actions and interactions . . . can have vast, potentially catastrophic and even irreversible effects."

BARBARA WARD, BARONESS JACKSON OF LODSWORTH

British Economist, Conservationist, Author, and Educator (1914-1981)

Barbara Ward originated the concept that economic development and conservation are interrelated, and she had a strong international political influence, helping us to understand the needs of developing countries and the interdependence of nations. Not only was she president of the International Institute for Environment and Development, but-at various times-she was also assistant editor for The E conomist magazine and a governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Ward became well known to Americans through such works as Faith and Freedom (1954), The Rich Nations and the Poor Nations (1962), Spaceship Earth (1966), The Home of Man (1976), and Progress for a Small Planet (1979). In 1972, she coauthored with Rene Dubos Only One Earth: The Care and Maintenance of a Small Planet, and played a key role in the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.

"The farmers and peasants who live in close touch with Nature can tell by a glance at the crop whether or not the soil is rich in humus. The habit of the plant then develops something approaching personality; the foliage assumes a characteristic set; the leaves acquire the glow of health; the flowers develop depth of color . . ."

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