Category: Society

  • Protected Areas: Reality of How Our Resources are Managed

    Protected Areas: Reality of How Our Resources are Managed

    By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director New Jersey, and greater North America, showcases amazing, expansive wild lands and natural resources but it does not come without controls. Every piece of land is a parcel- zoned, planned, stewarded by some entity. The protection of nature comes with complex layers- special interests, ownership, policy, stewardship goals,…

  • The Voice of the Woods

    The Voice of the Woods

    By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director In January 2020, I was feeling very hopeful. I had just graduated with my Master’s Degree and I was starting my first teaching position at a four-year University. I have always been bright and happy- blessed with good spirits and positive energy. Confident, ambitious, and motivated, I moved…

  • Advice of Adelaide

    Advice of Adelaide

    By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director My grandmother’s name was Adelaide Beatrice. From Italy, she emigrated to the United States in the 1940s at the age of 20 on one of the last Trans-Atlantic voyages to Ellis Island. My grandmother knew how to do everything. She knew how to garden, how to forge life,…

  • Localization: The Coming Fundamental Change in Our Society

    Localization: The Coming Fundamental Change in Our Society

    By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director The localization movement, occurring all over the world, is gaining traction. The application of this movement will fundamentally change our society in a way that the elite class does not want. Localization is interchangeable with Community Rewilding- these two disciplines go hand in hand and provide the same…

  • The Rewild Revolution

    The Rewild Revolution

    By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director The normative modern environmental movement, starting in the 1960s, is slowly becoming irrelevant and in desperate need of reform. The inception of environmentalism was necessary and created great progress- environmental education is at a height, environmental protections abound, and awareness is ever present. However, where there are positives,…

  • Responsible Development vs. Irresponsible Development: The Future of Communities

    Responsible Development vs. Irresponsible Development: The Future of Communities

    By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director Balancing economic development, human prosperity, and the conservation of nature has been a looming challenge for American society, New Jersey communities, and beyond. Modern conservation broadly functions through the frameworks provided by Sustainable Development. According to National Geographic, “Sustainable Development is an approach to growth and human development that aims to…

  • Adventures from the Knepp Estate England Part I

    Adventures from the Knepp Estate England Part I

    By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director In my early search for rewilding knowledge and community, I found a book called Wilding by Isabella Tree. Wilding tells the story of the Knepp Estate, a famed, internationally recognized rewilding project. The Knepp Estate sits on a 3,500-acre area near Horsham in West Sussex, England. After inheriting the…