Tag: rewilding


  • Rewilding Tech Inventory: Natural Glues

    Rewilding Tech Inventory: Natural Glues

    (Left) Dehydrated hide chips in a clay pot: take pieces of deer hide and simmer them in water for like 24-36 hours and they will dissolve. The water boils off and you are left with this glue. Pour it on a flat pan and let it dry out. It breaks up into these pieces. To…

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  • Taking Rewilding Up a Notch

    Taking Rewilding Up a Notch

    I’ve been learning and teaching primitive skills, animal tracking, nature awareness, community building, and all aspects of rewilding for a long time now. I have yet to see a cohesion of these skills in application. That is all going to change this summer. I have signed up for Lynx Vilden’s summer immersion program. Lynx is…

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  • Rewilding Tech Inventory: Bone Tools

    Rewilding Tech Inventory: Bone Tools

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  • Rewild Camp Fundraiser

    Rewild Camp Fundraiser

    Hey Folks, I’m doing a fundraiser for my non-profit Rewild Portland. Check out the video and please donate! DONATE HERE

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  • Scraping Hides With Ants?

    Scraping Hides With Ants?

    I have had little time to do much these days with the amount of time that I work. Three raccoon hides have sat in my garage for months and months waiting for the membrane-scraping step in the hide tanning process. I noticed them in the garage the other day and saw something amazing. It appears…

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  • Urban Scout Mentioned in Meat Paper #15

    Urban Scout Mentioned in Meat Paper #15

    A while back my friend Maggie asked me to teach her a bit about the ins and outs of eatin’ roadkill. We went on a fun adventure and found a squirrel which she then skinned, gutted, cooked and ate. She wrote a very nice and funny article. Go out and pick up issue #15 of…

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  • REWILD OR DIE BOOK TOUR!

    REWILD OR DIE BOOK TOUR!

    Hey there friends, Thanks so much for all your help with the tour and making it possible. I may update this page if things shift around a bit, so please be patient and check back for changes. Here are the following stops that I plan to make: Bellingham, WA Monday June 20, 2011 from 7:30pm…

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  • Rewild Camp Pics!

    Rewild Camp Pics!

    Hey Yall, I don’t know if you have noticed it or not, but Rewild Portland’s “Rewild Camp” has been off the hizzy lately (that means very fun and populated with cool skillz, people, food, music and sharing)! Check out all the crazy pics of our adventures over at our Blog: www.rewildportland.com/blog

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  • “Boring conversations with interesting people”

    “Boring conversations with interesting people”

    That’s how my friend Drew described his project to me, of interviewing people on his website. I loved the premise and so we had a conversation. Check out his interview with me here: http://www.mohdi.com/2011/03/08/urban-scout-conversations/

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  • What-ever-you-want Vs. Rewilding

    What-ever-you-want Vs. Rewilding

    Pledge $20 or more to my book tour If you pledge this amount, you enter a raffle of which 3 winners will give me a topic to write a 400 word essay on “Whatever-you-want vs. Rewilding.” This will be published on my blog www.urbanscout.org AND will be printed in Rewild or Die volume II due…

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  • Fundraising for a Book Tour

    Fundraising for a Book Tour

    Hey there friends. In order for me to go on a west coast book tour I’ve got to raise $5,000. I’m using the Kickstarter online fundraising platform for artists. The way Kickstarter works is simple: offer rewards as incentives for people to pledge money to your project. If you don’t raise all of the money…

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  • Debate vs. Rewilding

    I have opinions, sure. And yeah, I talk about them. A lot. But mostly with close friends and rarely do I debate them. I’ve never liked debate. The emotional stakes in debate rest way too high for my enjoyment. Debate does not imply a conversation where two sides try to find a middle ground, or…

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