The Art of RewildingThe Art of Rewilding

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• RewildRewild v; to return to a more natural or wild state; the process of undoing domestication (specifically human domestication).

REREWILWILDD

Why Rewild?Why Rewild?

• Sustainability

• Freedom

• Spirituality

• Survival

AgricultureAgriculture(Part One)

• Cultivation through catastrophe

• Mono-cropping

SustainabilitySustainability

AgricultureAgriculture(Part Two)

• Food surplus required to combat famine.

• Population growth positive feedback loop

SustainabilitySustainability

SustainabilitySustainabilityFull-time Agriculture

-Leads to-

Food Surplus-Leads to-

Population growth/density-Leads to-

Civilization

FreedomFreedom

SpiritualitySpirituality

SurvivalSurvival

What Does RewildingWhat Does RewildingLook Like?Look Like?

•Reading•Discussion•Observation•Hunting

•Gathering•Gardening•Dismantling•Fun!

ReadingReading

DiscussionDiscussion

ObservationObservation

HuntingHunting

GatheringGathering

GardeningGardening

DismantlingDismantling

Overall: Fun!Overall: Fun!

StartStartRewildingRewilding

Now!Now!

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