GLEANINGS:
Scott Russell Sanders,distinguished Professor of English at Indiana University Bloomington,author of twenty books and conservation advocate,has written an important book titled A Conservationist Manifesto. In the summary chapter by the same name Dr. Sanders (who is an Earth Charter Indiana “Green Ambassador”) pens his 40 point manifesto. Every tenet is worth pondering. (In fact,the whole book is well worth the buy and the read.) By permission of the publisher we will reproduce one point each week on this website.
“Concern for ecological health and concern for social justice are therefore inseparable. Anyone who pits the good of land against the good of people,as if we could choose between them,is either ignorant or deceitful.”
A Conservationist Manifesto. p. 212. © 2009 Scott Russell Sanders. All rights reserved. Appearing with permission of Indiana University Press.