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Friday June 26 Luncheon Speaker Series

Aldo Leopold with Andrew Wooden

 

Our informal luncheon speaker series, featuring a local guest speaker, will take place on Friday, June 26th.  The space seats about 30 people; RSVPs are accepted accordingly.  Attendees to pay for their own food and beverages.

 

Andrew Wooden, Yale Divinity School, MAR 1996 and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, 2009 will share his thoughts on Aldo Leopold’s study at Yale Forestry School, Leopold’s important work in Albuquerque and Tres Piedras, and impact on land management in New Mexico and Arizona. He will share two of his favorite passages from Leopold’s collection of essays, “A Sand County Almanac” which has sold over 2 million copies and translated into 11 languages.  In this text Leopold describes his land ethic in these words, “Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is ​wrong when it tends otherwise.”

 

Leopold and his wife, Estella Luna Otero Bergere (married in 1912 also the year of New Mexico’s statehood), built their home on 14th street in Albuquerque in 1916 and raised their five children there for a decade. Leopold was secretary and manager of the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce in 1919.  Leopold was the rare environmentalist who attempted to balance a dedication to a land ethic while recognizing the need for economic development that relied on wilderness lands.  

 

Today, the Leopold Writing Program is a non-profit organization based in Albuquerque that “​​Seeks effective and inclusive ways to engage the current and next generation of citizen leaders in the urgent conversation to address changing realities brought about by climate disruption, biodiversity loss, growing demand for fresh water, and other global conservation issues.” Andrew is a board member of the Leopold Writing. Program.  Andrew wants potential attendees of this informal lunch conversation to know that he is not a Leopold scholar; Andrew is a former English teacher who likes to share his thoughts on Leopold’s writing, his Yale roots, and the good Leopold brought to Albuquerque as well as his legacy in the Gila Wilderness (Leopold’s proposed project that celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2024) and as the Supervisor of the Carson National Forest when he and Estella lived in “Mi Casita” in Tres Piedras. 

 

Today, ​since the Leopold Writing Program’s beginning in 2009, over 3,250 students from schools in rural and urban communities around New Mexico have taken part in the annual Aldo Leopold Writing Contest.​​

 

Albuquerque

June 26, 2026 | 11:30 am to 1:00 PM MST

 

Artichoke Cafe

424 Central Ave SE

Albuquerque, NM 87102

 

RSVP to Steve Dillon sdillon@aya.yale.edu

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Research Study​​​​​​​​​

 

 

 

An alumna of Yale College (Class of ‘24) and the lab manager of the Yale Social Perception and Communication Lab is currently conducting a research study with her lab to better understand people’s attitudes and actions regarding different social institutions. 

 

You can take the 10 minute survey using the link below and be entered into a drawing to earn a $50 Visa gift card. As a note, this survey should be completed using either a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer– not a phone.

 

Survey Link:  https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1MI0vXzS8XdsMWW (IRB # 2000038948)

 

Contact the study team for additional details: justice.brown@yale.edu

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