Tag: rewild


  • Bone Tools Talk

    If not for COVID-19, I’d be sitting in Jim Rigg’s wikiup at Ark Park and educating the masses about bone tools (among other related rants) by day and expanding my mind with the help of some very friendly fungi by night–at the Oregon Country Fair. Sadly, instead I made this video of my bone talk…

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  • To Wander With Intention w/ Bartle

    In this episode I speak with my friend Bartle about her experiences on walkabouts, leading animal processing camps, running, and much more. Bartle’s life is an inspiration to me and many others. If you’ve ever thought about going on long term minimalist, wilderness living experiences, this will definitely appeal to you. I recorded this one…

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  • Living in Complex Colonial Contexts with Lucy O’Hagan || The Rewilding Podcast

    Today, my guest is Lucy O’Hagen, the founder and head of Wild Awake! Ireland. I’ve followed Lucy’s work for several years and continue to feel deeply inspired and in awe of the programs that she creates. I’ve been wanting to interview Lucy for some time now. Firstly to elevate her school, but also, while our…

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  • Rewilding & Anarchy w/ Kevin Tucker || The Rewilding Podcast

    Anarchy is a central component to the rewilding movement, and as such it is here that I wanted to place my first interview. Today I’m chatting with Kevin Tucker, an anarchist writer, editor, and publisher who has been writing about primal anarchy for over twenty years. He is the author of the book For Wildness…

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  • Rewilding: Take it to the Hoop!

    Rewilding: Take it to the Hoop!

    Finisia Medrano is a catalyst of rewilding. She is living on “the hoop” and planting back native gardens.

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  • Program Fears and Concerns

    Program Fears and Concerns

    Everyone I have talked to who has been through Lynx Vilden’s stone age immersion program has had good things to say about it. Not that it didn’t have its challenges, but that they are worth it. Ever since I signed up I’ve been having little fears pop up about it. Here is the list: IBS…

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  • Preparation Week 2 of 4

    Preparation Week 2 of 4

    There are three weeks left before I head out to Lynx Vilden’s prehistoric immersion program. I delved into a few deer hides this week and started “bucking” them. This involves soaking the hides in an alkaline solution. I bought a bag of hydrated lime from the local hardware store. I didn’t want to use lye…

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  • Preparation Week 1 of 4

    Preparation Week 1 of 4

    I’ve got only 4 weeks left until I head out to Lynx Vilden’s stone age immersion program. I have to show up there with a minimum of 6 brain-tanned deer hides in order to make an entire outfit to wear during the program. Tanning hides is not something I have done too much of. I’ve…

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  • SE Examiner Article “Rewilding and Surviving”

    SE Examiner Article “Rewilding and Surviving”

    Portland paper the SE Examiner wrote a story about the work I do. Click the pic below to check out the article:

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  • My Talk at Washington College

    My Talk at Washington College

    Here is the video of my recent talk at Washington College’s Locavore Lit Fest.

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  • Chinook History & Ancestral Skills @ Shining Star Waldorf

    Chinook History & Ancestral Skills @ Shining Star Waldorf

    Today my friend Eric and I went to the third grade class at Shining Star Waldorf school in Portland. They are learning about the Chinook Indians and since my friend who works there knew that I know Chinuk Wawa, she called me to see about coming in and teaching the kids a little bit about…

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  • Bow Drill Fire Demo at Washington College

    Bow Drill Fire Demo at Washington College

    “As part of the second annual Locavore Lit Fest at Washington College, Rewild Portland Executive Director Peter Bauer (Urban Scout) demonstrates how to use makeshift materials to create a bow drill for starting a fire. His work examines assumptions about civilized culture and stresses the importance of our relation to food in an industrialized society.”

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