Tag: re-wilding
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Ye Olde Anti-Civilization Shoppe:
MARCH MERCH Every month I come out with new anti-civ/rewilding merchandise. Click on the new March graphic to check out my store: — Show your support and appreciation for Urban Scout
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Guilt Vs. Rewilding
Guilt refers to the feeling we have when we make decisions that go against personal, cultural and mythological pressures. It feels like not doing what you “should” do. It works as one of the most powerful tools of social and cultural renewal. I do not think of guilt as a “bad” thing. I see it…
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Domestication Vs. Rewilding
How can we define wild? Now understanding that hunter-gatherers greatly manipulated the environment, than where do we draw the line between wild and domestic? If rewilding means the process of un-doing domestication than we must examine and look at the words; wild, natural, unnatural and domestication as we have come to know them and their…
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Upgrading Site!
Hey Folks, you may notice the site changing around for the next few days as I work on the new format and upgrades. Thanks for your patience. -Scout
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W49: Molalla Scout
This week I have spent almost all of my time scouring the internet, thumbing through phone books and scouting around the town of Molalla. In my search for temporary work, I found a lot of precious gems.
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W48: Selling Myself, Short
The time has come, as it does for all desperate bloggers, for me to gum up my site with stupid cafe-press products, amazon book lists and all that other crap.
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Horticulture Vs. Agriculture
Many people have a difficult time understanding the differences between horticulture and agriculture. This may occur because some agricultural strategies cross over into horticultural strategies. Linguistically the term agriculture comes from the combination of the Latin words agri (field) and cultura (cultivation). Horticulture comes from the combination of the Latin words hortus (garden) and cultura.…
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Bureaucracy Vs. Rewilding
“Federal officials have called for killing about 30 sea lions near Bonneville Dam each year to keep them from gobbling a rising share of Northwest salmon that the government spends millions of dollars to protect.” – The Oregonian Friday, January 18, 2008 Dear salmon. I have a confession to make. When I worked as a…
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W47: Porcupine Palace Palooza!
This week I mostly did odd jobs, had meetings with grant foundations, volunteered. But the rewild camp at Porcupine Palace definitely high-lighted my week!
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W46: Feral, Failure To Go Balls Deep
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Urban Scout Vs. Rewilding
People have called me many names: Self-serving new-age nihilistic pseudo-hippie/yuppie quack-opportunist poseur-hipster-douchebag green-capitalist-bastard egotistical-celebrity-anarchist tool that gives everyone douchechills with a BS agenda, a trust fund from granny, and an obsession with publicity. A poster of Meta-filter asked the question: Urban Scout, sincere crusader for sustainability or poseur-hipster-douchebag? Much of what I do involves performance…
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Radioactive Runway With Molly Strand
Molly Strand interviews guests at Urban Scout’s 3rd Annual NUCLEAR WINTER FORMAL! [youtube f8fTmEcBgGU]