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Never to Revisit: Aldo Leopold, eco-grief, and the value of wilderness
Struck by Aldo Leopold’s essay “The Green Lagoons," I became obsessed with understanding just what, exactly, he meant by saying "never to revisit a wilderness." With his enduring reputation as someone committed to the land in all forms, particularly in its wildest states, it didn't make sense that he would really suggest such a thing. But in thinking about my own connections to wild places, I couldn't help admitting that sometimes I felt that way, too: tempted to turn away from changed landscapes and a sense of wildness lost. Was it possible that Leopold wasn't telling us to do or not do anything, but instead professing his own ecological grief?
In this long-form video essay, I explore Leopold's wilderness experiences while inviting folks from different environmental careers to share their connections to wildness and feelings of eco-grief and eco-anxiety. What can we make of Leopold's "never revisiting" wisdom? What role do our own personal experiences of eco-grief play when it comes to wilderness and wildness? And should we revisit - or leave our memories of wilderness untouched?
This video was created as an independent project during my fellowship year with the Aldo Leopold Foundation. All biographical details were fact-checked by Leopold biographer Dr. Curt Meine.
Discussion guide available at this page: www.aldoleopold.org/teach-and-learn/learning-hub
Watch more of the A Rocha Talks video, "Alone in a World of Wounds: Living with Ecological Grief": th-cam.com/video/k02PMQ1Tt-s/w-d-xo.html
Chapters:
0:00 Opening sequence
1:58 Introduction
5:19 Leopold's wilderness history
13:27 Linking past and present
14:30 Interview - Michelle Doerr
16:33 Interview - Mrill Ingram
20:41 Interview - Ernie Atencio
26:30 Wild places - Michelle
27:32 Wild places - Mrill
28:42 Wild places - Ernie
30:24 If wildness is so special, why the negative emotions?
32:03 Eco-grief - Michelle
33:03 Eco-grief - Ernie
36:12 Eco-grief - Mrill
39:51 Breaking down ecological grief and anxiety
49:22 Why revisit?
54:32 Conclusion and closing sequence
58:03 Credits
End credits music: Cornfield by Serge Pavkin
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Are We Fucked? Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Humanity's Fate in the Anthropocene
มุมมอง 2164 ปีที่แล้ว
The term paper prompt for my "Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene" class was: given all we know about climate change, are we fucked? In this video, I analyze the film Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and various texts read in class to answer this question. My incorporation of materials here falls under fair use, and I do not intend to infringe upon anyone's copyright. Details abo...
Religion and Nature in the Music of Yusuf/Cat Stevens
มุมมอง 1725 ปีที่แล้ว
In this video project, I examine the intersection of religion and nature in music from before and after Cat Stevens' conversion to Islam. Main biographical sources: catstevens.com/biography/ www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/184381|173403/Cat-Stevens/biography.html (copy and paste entire link) www.biography.com/people/cat-stevens-16548027 Supplemental sources (class readings that informed my thought): A...
Cloudtree
มุมมอง 356 ปีที่แล้ว
A cinematographic composition featuring piano improvisation and video clips taken on the Middlebury College campus. (The name is a mashup of Whitetree and Cloudland, the latter of which is an album (the former, one of the album's contributing artists) that, to a degree, inspired the piano "piece"). Shot with the Panasonic Lumix FZ200. May 2018
Heartsong
มุมมอง 366 ปีที่แล้ว
A cinematographic composition made up of an original ukulele ( piano) piece and video footage from around Middlebury, VT. Shot with the Panasonic Lumix FZ200. April/May 2017
We *Can* Make a Difference - Waste Less
มุมมอง 216 ปีที่แล้ว
Throwing your beer cans all over the place clearly has negative environmental impacts. These stories make those impacts that much more personal. directed by Isaac Byrne edited and produced by Maia Buschman featuring Grace Levin, Peter Lawrence, and Jackie Atkins face painting by Nimaya Lemal brought to you by the Middlebury SGA Environmental Affairs Committee
5 Pro Tips for Sustainable Dining at Midd
มุมมอง 226 ปีที่แล้ว
Easy ways to be more sustainable in the dining halls! Intro shot of Proctor Dining Hall; all other shots in Ross Dining Hall. Filmed, edited, and produced by Maia Buschman Shot with the Panasonic Lumix FZ200 Music: "Breadtime" by Podington Bear freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Indie_Folk/Breadtime This song is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Internationa...
Pic a Day - Photo Blog
มุมมอง 217 ปีที่แล้ว
Check out my photo-a-day blog, crayzinormal.blogspot.com/. Video made with the Windows 10 Photos App.
Getting Out - Original Ukulele Composition
มุมมอง 757 ปีที่แล้ว
Brought to you from the floor of my dorm room! Here's a new song, the lyrics for which I actually came up with back in December of 2014; I figured out chords for it January and February of this year. Apologies for the weird voice-crack tone-deaf cringe moments. It has been an ongoing challenge to determine pitch for the vocals on this one. (I'm also sorry for the shoddy video quality; it filmed...
The Ruins of Otter Creek
มุมมอง 217 ปีที่แล้ว
*Watch in HD for best quality!* I decided to see if I could get closer to some "ruins" I had seen from up on the Main Street bridge over Otter Creek in Middlebury, VT. I'm not sure what these are the ruins of, but it could have something to do with the fires that destroyed some of the town structures back in the 1890s.
Guardian Angel (Norma's Song) - Original Ukulele Composition
มุมมอง 1007 ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a song I wrote on January 30, 2017 for ukulele titled "Guardian Angel (Norma's Song)." LYRICS When I come to you Ragged and alone Battered and broken With nowhere to call home Will you take me in? Keep me warm? A roof over my head To keep out the driving storm No one who's seen my Situation has helped me Out; oh darling I Need you right now (repeat) Will you lend a hand if I've Fallen of...
No One Special - Original Ukulele Composition
มุมมอง 397 ปีที่แล้ว
I wrote this song on February 3, 2012, and I wanted to do a special, five-year anniversary performance and upload because I recently acquired a new ukulele and I finally figured out/remembered how to play the song. I added two new lines to replace two lines from the original that I didn't like and I changed another line. (I'll post the lyrics as a comment below, with asterisks to mark the chang...
On Being a Director (Part 2)
มุมมอง 288 ปีที่แล้ว
Here is the link to On Being a Director (Part 1): th-cam.com/video/jiGH96ajOI8/w-d-xo.html Link to Forsaken Sun: th-cam.com/video/hUPQRSR8s_I/w-d-xo.html Link to the SoundCloud soundtrack playlist: soundcloud.com/m-z-buschman/sets/forsaken-sun-soundtrack Link to the trailer from our attempt two years ago: vimeo.com/147262334
Forsaken Sun - a Groovy Movie
มุมมอง 448 ปีที่แล้ว
Forsaken Sun is a short film about a group of teens trying to survive in the New Mexico wilderness after World War III. The original intent was to film with people, but two years after our original plan flopped, I decided to revive the project with Groovy Girls. Because it's not particularly short, I favored putting "Groovy Movie" in the title over "short film," because it has become a true Gro...
Peachy Partay
มุมมอง 198 ปีที่แล้ว
The tinny tiny house is lit!
Miré los muros de la patria mía - Proyecto Creativo
มุมมอง 1638 ปีที่แล้ว
Miré los muros de la patria mía - Proyecto Creativo
Bed Free-Range Time
มุมมอง 158 ปีที่แล้ว
Bed Free-Range Time
Stanley Hurt His Foot!
มุมมอง 178 ปีที่แล้ว
Stanley Hurt His Foot!
Goodbye Stanley
มุมมอง 208 ปีที่แล้ว
Goodbye Stanley
Hamster Soup
มุมมอง 1178 ปีที่แล้ว
Hamster Soup
Breaking Boredom
มุมมอง 268 ปีที่แล้ว
Breaking Boredom
So Rare It's Unseen: BuschmAx'm #6
มุมมอง 178 ปีที่แล้ว
So Rare It's Unseen: BuschmAx'm #6
Origins of Jealousy: BuschmAx'm #5
มุมมอง 378 ปีที่แล้ว
Origins of Jealousy: BuschmAx'm #5
Stanley's 1st Birthday!
มุมมอง 448 ปีที่แล้ว
Stanley's 1st Birthday!
Stanley Turns One Year Old! (Talk)
มุมมอง 188 ปีที่แล้ว
Stanley Turns One Year Old! (Talk)
Romance de la Pena Negra
มุมมอง 1649 ปีที่แล้ว
Romance de la Pena Negra
Dear Jada - a Short Film
มุมมอง 1639 ปีที่แล้ว
Dear Jada - a Short Film
This Ambient Destruction
มุมมอง 389 ปีที่แล้ว
This Ambient Destruction
Introducing... Stanley!
มุมมอง 1199 ปีที่แล้ว
Introducing... Stanley!
WMR Updates! (Betty Vid w/ Narration)
มุมมอง 179 ปีที่แล้ว
WMR Updates! (Betty Vid w/ Narration)

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  • @rangerbhenryjr
    @rangerbhenryjr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thoughtful and probably resonant to anyone with a love of some wild place. Much to consider. Thank-you for the start. I would add something Yvon Chouinard says to the effect that the cure for depression is action, brings me out of the grief to some degree.

  • @mrrecluse7002
    @mrrecluse7002 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I grieve like hell the mounting losses in the natural world, and I can't kick it. I'm pushing 74, and I have vivid memories of healthier ecosystems, of countless warblers migrating through the treetops, of masses of butterflies and other winged pollinators, of early morning bird song of much greater variety and quantity, and so much more. I need much more room to express this than I can on a comment board. The world went into gross "overshoot", as a human tipping point of sorts blew past 3 billion, without looking back. Whenever I contemplate wilderness, I think of one of my favorite quotes, by Thoreau..."In wildness is the preservation of the world." Our value systems have widely missed this by a moon shot. I'm just being honest. I'm not a "cruel" person. Thank you for you well done video.

  • @nasiemrichardson
    @nasiemrichardson 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    👏🏾

  • @Stinusje-o4o
    @Stinusje-o4o 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Climate justice ? You mean killing hundreds of millions in the third world by depriving them of electricity through your bogus man made climate change scam ? Plus turning food crops in Africa into bio-fuel ? Get it into your head girl : You are a Nazi tool complicit in fascist crimes against humanity , racism and the organization of global genocide . Millions will die because of you idiot brainwashed fools . CO2 is what makes plants grow your idiot . Cut it just in half and all live on earth dies . Grow a brain and learn about facts instead of mindlessly repeating your Marxist anti-human nazi professor's slogans you dumb child .

  • @maia23zade98
    @maia23zade98 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another example: Breaking Bad. Where does Jesse go? (Answered by El Camino, of course.) Is Walt really dead? (Yes, why was this even a question, fanbase.) Is Huell still in the safe house? WE MAY NEVER KNOW.

  • @maia23zade98
    @maia23zade98 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just a note on the title: this song is from the era when I was sort of coming to terms with being forever alone (at least, until I was 94); I had no idea at that point that a few years later the whole thing would get more complicated with me questioning my sexual orientation. Not that not being (exclusively) attracted to men really makes any difference in me being forever alone. But I just wanted to put that out there.

  • @maia23zade98
    @maia23zade98 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most of the images that don't belong to me are under Creative Commons Licenses - click the links to see which specific license it falls under. Here are the details for all the licenses in question: creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode Information about fair use: www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/fair-use

  • @kowhaicorner2064
    @kowhaicorner2064 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great acting out with the Groovy Girls. Visit Google+ Leila and Paloma's Groovy girls and you can post photos of your Groovy Girl dolls on the same site if you become a member.

  • @rogue3449
    @rogue3449 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who's Norma?

    • @maia23zade98
      @maia23zade98 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rogue344 She's this goddess figure Nick and I came up with junior year, after we found this representative on the Spanish textbook website named Norma and got a little weirdly obsessed over her.

    • @rogue3449
      @rogue3449 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay

  • @maia23zade98
    @maia23zade98 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here are the lyrics: LYRICS Maybe you should know who I am I think you should know who I... Then again I wouldn't put it past you I wouldn't put it past you at all Not knowing who I am No one at all You've probably met some 'em before But I'm no one special One of these gosh-darn days One of these gosh-darn days Maybe you could learn my ways Maybe you could learn my ways One of those people you go by in the hall That's right: I'm no one at all I wouldn't put it past you to not Know me, know me You wouldn't know me, not at all I wouldn't care to know you at all *What a waste of energy Pretending like you know me* I know you've seen my face I know you know my name I know I'm no one at all That is plain to see That you don't care, you don't care about me Maybe you can learn my ways One of these days One of these gosh-darn days Maybe you can learn my ways Maybe I can tell you a story Maybe you will know my name But it couldn't matter to you Not at all, not at all, not really Mindlessly, *mind asleep, might we see Waltzing away, you can carry on Carry on like any, any other day Any other day You know it's not The same You who think you know all You know hardly anything Do you know all? Tell me who I am I'm no one special No one special No one special Nobody special.

  • @maia23zade98
    @maia23zade98 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    WARNING: there is a shrill beep at 0:59 which might hurt your ears even at moderate volumes. I apologize; this somehow happened from my editing of the original video.

  • @SuperImJustMe123
    @SuperImJustMe123 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    ive seen better tongue baths than that :P.....received a few too haha

  • @angelinehommelho
    @angelinehommelho 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    very good job! side note, could you join me at trying web-based cooperations in Bandhub? I oftentimes love playing acoustic guitar -- You and I could band together at bandhub! It will be insane!

  • @123MinecraftMonster
    @123MinecraftMonster 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    SICK Bro