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Why We Need to Stop Using the “A” Word in the Rewilding & Ancestral Skills Communities
In the seventies, the ancestral skills community was created and informed by the field of experimental archaeology. These academics began to catalog, preserve, and teach ancestral technology for future generations to learn from and understand. The first time I really heard the term “abo” (shorthand for aboriginal) was at Rabbitstick Rendezvous, the oldest, most renowned…
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Wolverine Way Podcast with Ricardo Sierra Interview
Ricardo Sierra from Hawk’s Circle interviewed me for his Wolverine Way podcast series. We talk about running small businesses that are ancestral skills themed. [Listen Here]
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Permaculture Podcast Interview #3
I chatted with Scott Mann again, this time about the re-release of my book Rewild or Die. [Listen Here]
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Rewild Portland Fall 2016 Fundraiser
Rewild Portland is a trend-setting organization in the rewilding community. Watch our silly video, learn more about us, and donate.
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Primal Happiness Podcast
Check out this interview/conversation I had with Lian over at the Primal Happiness Podcast!
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Playing with Fire: Social Forestry with Hazel
“Forests are social, they are lonely, and they need us,” proclaimed Hazel, thus beginning a week-long workshop on “social forestry” that involved clearing brush, making charcoal, thinning tree stands, coppicing shrubs, reducing fire danger, weaving baskets, making wooden poles, touring various ecotones, and the main reason most of us were there: prescribed burning. There were lectures…
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Rewild or Die, Back by Popular Demand
Urban Scout had a reputation. Good or bad, it depends on who you ask. From 2003 to 2009, he evolved from a fictional movie character, into my full blown alter-ago and muse. In 2006 I began blogging under the moniker to encourage more people to begin rewilding. The end goal was to spark a movement that…
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Rewilding Classes This Fall & Winter
Rewilding starts September 12th. All other dates TBA.
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Interview with Peter Michael Bauer (Nov. 2015)
I did this interview with some students from Evergreen for their research last November at the portland plant medicine gathering. I enjoyed it and felt like posting it online. The questions were deep and wide-ranging. It was a really fun interview.
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Invasive English Ivy article in Oregonian
Oregon Live’s Home & Garden section did a write up on my English Ivy basketry project. Check it out here.
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Speaking at PSU Earth Week
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Speaking at Linfield College
