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00:00 We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.
00:07 We were out here to conquer this country, not to make it better.
00:24 Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away
00:30 with them.
00:31 At the time where most of the country was abusing the land, Otto Leopold was saying,
00:38 "Hold on! We need to understand that our community is less without that."
00:45 When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and
00:52 respect.
00:59 (upbeat music)