Creating an Inclusive Outdoors Together

The Aldo Leopold Foundation has been hosting this speaker series for a couple decades, and the need to move events online during the pandemic ended up meaning its impact is now global; the 2022 speakers were heard by people in all 50 states and more than 10 other countries. The traditional kick-off talk by foundation executive director Buddy Huffaker (March 3, with poetry by Kimberly Blaeser) and a conversation by the 2022-23 Leopold Fellows (March 10) bookend talks by a notably strong lineup of writers: James Edward Mills and Scott Russell Sanders (both March 7), Delia Owens (March 8) and Robin Wall Kimmerer (March 9). It's free; register on Crowdcast.

media release: The Aldo Leopold Foundation announces an unprecedented week of conversations with today’s conservation all-stars, who explore our reciprocal relations with the natural world! Keynote speakers, Delia Owens (Where the Crawdads Sing) and Robin Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass) highlight a spectacular line-up of voices that will re-spark the Leopoldian land ethic in all hearts!

“We are very excited to share powerful stories from these inspiring conservation and literary leaders,” said Buddy Huffaker, Aldo Leopold Foundation Executive Director. “Their deep roots in land ethics attest to the ever-growing importance of the Leopold Foundation’s work growing an ethic of care for all people and all places. It’s going to be a special week!”

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 12 p.m. CST: Creating an Inclusive Outdoors Together with James Edward Mills

James Edward Mills shares his work with the Joy Trip Project–his ongoing project exploring how we can all live in balance with the natural world and each other. Join us for a lunchtime session to identify your role in this important work.

Everyone is invited to register for free and virtually attend the foundation’s annual grassroots, online celebration of Leopold Week, 2023. This year’s Leopold Week theme—Nurturing Reciprocity—will be illuminated for thousands from around the globe in a week of intimate, online, lunchtime and evening presentations. It takes just a few clicks to register, at aldoleopold.org, or https://www.crowdcast.io/c/leopoldweek23.

This extraordinary group of speakers is made possible in part through our sponsors and partners, Starion Bank, The Boldt Company, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service.