Spike Carlsen, author of The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, shows step by step how to make a Leopold bench - all it takes are six boards and two hours. It's cleverly designed, easy to build, and super comfortable. If you're looking to kick off your homestead building journey, you can'...
The girls scouts of troop 13218 made 10 Leopold benches to donate to the Springbrook Nature Center in Fridley, Mn. to earn their Silver Award...
Aldo Leopold, the father of modern game management and the Wilderness system had his first duty assignment with the Forest Service right here in AZ. This story takes a look at the things in Aldo's life and early career that helped form his wildlife management principles...
Spike Carlsen, author of The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, shows step by step how to make a seedling rack using PVC, plywood, and a little ingenuity. This space-saving rack, made primarily from inexpensive PVC pipe and fittings, accommodates grow lights to give your seedlings an indo...
The Leopold campfire bench I made from plans out of a magazine I recently got. The bench is easy to make, comfortable and cheap to build...
We're lucky to have two master woodworkers, George Vondriska and Spike Carlsen, partnering up to teach you all of the good stuff from the essentials to creative projects for your home. Spike is an expert who has tried his hand at everything you can name in the woodworking realm. He's built, he's tau...
The first full-length documentary film ever made about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold, Green Fire highlights Leopold's extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. Leopold remains relevant today, inspiring projects all over the country that c...
Today I show you how to make a park bench with a reclined seat. Free plans coming soon! - Please click subscribe and never miss a video! Website: Facebook: Keek: - Music by Dan-O at Licensed under a Creative Commons license: -li...
Today I show you how I stained and finished the Leopold bench Watch me build the bench here: Download free plans here: - Please click subscribe and never miss a video! Website: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: - Music by Youtube...
I show you how I made a quick & easy sitting bench using some 2x6's a friend gave me. It is a fun weekend project. If you liked the project please share the video! & Check me out on My website Facebook Google+ Instagram My second channel Music - Kevin MacLeod ouroboros ...
A biography of the man who did more than anyone else to improve resource conservation in the US. These are just the slides, no narration. PAUSE the video to read the slides if they are going by too quickly. Narrated versions of the slideshow are also posted here...
Smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy forest fire in the Gila National Forest hover above the Albuquerque Metro Area on May 27, 2012...
Build this chair from a 2' x 3' sheet of plywood using only a jigsaw and drill. Almost zero waste and it's comfortable! Excerpted from the book "Ridiculously SImple Furniture Projects" by Spike Carlsen now available from Linden Press...
I made this video for the National History Day Competition. The theme was Innovation in History: Impact and Change. I focused on Aldo Leopold's effect on the conservation movement. I received 2nd honorable mention (4th Place) at the Wisconsin State Event. I also received the archival research award ...
This award-winning film chronicles the life of Aldo Leopold, father of modern ecology. In addition, it portrays, month by month, the natural events described in his seminal book, A Sand County Almanac...
Saw one of these this weekend, made of re-claimed boards. I'd like to make a couple for our outdoor fireplace...
Rising before daylight and perched on a bench at his Sauk County shack in Depression-era Wisconsin, [Aldo] Leopold routinely took notes on the dawn chorus of birds. Beginning with the first pre-dawn calls of the indigo bunting or robin, Leopold would jot down in tidy script the bird songs he heard, ...