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Three Weeks in Chile: From Anthropological Insight to Personal Journey
By: Sam Scalio, Outreach & Engagement Intern I recently had the opportunity to visit Chile to conduct anthropological work with a team of students under the purview of Dr. Maria Rosado of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at Rowan University. As a Rewild NJ Intern, many connections and ideas came to mind over…
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The Loop of Self-Sufficiency
By: Anna Bergen, Outreach & Engagement Intern When transforming your backyard into a self-sustaining ecosystem, it’s best to start with simplicity. My family is trying to mimic natural cycles, within a contained space, that being my own backyard. At my house, we have a rainwater collector, which contains and stores water that can be used…
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Wilderness Life In The 21st Century?
By: Jonathan Kocsis, Lead Intern When hearing the words wilderness survival, most think about being stranded on a deserted island and having to survive by any means necessary. What most people wouldn’t do is willingly sign up for the opportunity to do this at just 13; however, that is exactly what I did during my…
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Domain or Stewardship? Interpreting Our Relationship with Nature Through Genesis
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Reconnecting with Lenapehoking: We Are All Keepers of This Land Now!
By: Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis, Advisory Board Member Lenapehoking is what the Lenape traditionally & currently still call these lands; a territory in which New Jersey is the only state that is entirely within (next to the partial inclusion of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York). With generations of forced erasures of culture and the removal…
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The Language of Hope: Reframing Environmental Narratives
By: Hana Katz, RNJCC Strategic Advisor Don’t tune out! In New Jersey, environmental challenges like flooding, habitat loss, and pollution are definitely daunting and cause countless individuals to tune out from the cause. But this gives us the unique chance to inspire new action and reframe narratives around environmental issues. I’m a strong believer in moving away…
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Memory in the Concrete: Rewilding Through Bioregionalism
By: Sam Scalio, Outreach & Engagement Intern I grew up in South Philly, where green space can be hard to find, and having a tree on your block or two made it stand out amongst other streets. My neighborhood, as well as most of South Philly, consists of row homes, sometimes expansive, then narrow sidewalks,…
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Thou Shalt Not Kill a Living Thing
By: Dare Euler, Rewild NJ Movement Member My journey into rewilding began as a child living in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Always preferring the outdoors, this rural area of Interlaken had it all. Woods, fields, lake, beaver ponds, mountain. I was the nerdy kid who had collections of the natural world around me. Rocks identified and classified.…
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Analyzing Restoration at Bayhead Beach
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Growing Up on a Mini Chicken Farm
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