I wouldn’t call myself an environmentalist any more than I’d call myself a house-ist.  I live in my house, so it’s obvious to me that I must take care of it.  There’s always cleaning, repairing and replacing to do because our house is a hundred years old and, well, lived in. It’s not a faith or a political leaning, it’s not a badge I wear for show, it’s just life. I also spend a lot of time out-of-doors.  So environmentalism touches me in the very same way.  I have a hard time figuring out people who destroy and abuse our environment.  I mean, do they wiz on their couch?  Maybe they do…

Well,  many of you may not know that some of the world’s most well known environmentalists had their start right here in Wisconsin.  John Muir came here from Scotland as a boy. (Well, about 15 miles from here.)  Aldo Leopold‘s legendary cabin is actually only a few minutes from my own little shack.  Now the reason I’m on about this today is that there is a new film about Aldo Leopold touring the country called Green Fire.  Its Wisconsin premiere will be held right here in just a few days. I’m giving away a couple tickets in fact. I wrote a bit about that & a bit more about my quirky views on environmentalism right here.   For what it’s worth…..

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