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From Tinsel to Tides: Rewilding with Christmas Trees
By: Anna Bergen, Outreach & Engagement Intern Every year, approximately 30 million Christmas trees are discarded across the United States, often ending up in landfills without being properly recycled or composted (Messier). But what if I told you there is a better way to get rid of your trees, one that gives them a second…
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Winter Woods
By: Dare Euler, RNJCC Strategic Advisor Leaves, those productive energy factories of spring and summer, lay crunchy on the ground at the mercy of blasts from northern winds. They tumble at the base of the trees they nurtured. White almost sepulchral limbs of sycamores claw at gray skies. Yet in what at first glance seems…
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Native American Heritage Month – “Not November Yet”
By: Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis, RNJCC Strategic Advisor November is known as Native American Heritage Month; and during this month, there is of course a high demand of presentations, lectures, teachings, performances, and correcting history of Indigenous People throughout all of Turtle Island. Let us start by saying that this is very appreciated, as our…
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Consistent Walks in Local Ecosystems
By: Amanda Tarrach, Outreach & Engagement Intern I find that reconnecting with nature through simple actions in local environments is one of the best ways to understand rewilding. When I slow down and take a walk through the woods, I am able to recognize the plants, animals, and ecosystem that exists around me, and further…
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Episode 3: Empowerment, Justice, & Sovereignty in the Urban Space
Shaneka Boucher President & Founder, Social Responsibility Through Me (SRTM) Get notified for every new post. Subscribe to our Media today! Join the Rewild NJ Movement. Joined the Rewild NJ Movement? Practicing Community Rewilding? Rewilding Your Land and Yourself? Using our Resources? We want to capture the action, stories, and successes of our Movement Members.…
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How Immersing with Nature Helped Me Understand Rewilding
By: Amanda Tarrach, Outreach & Engagement Intern This past summer, I wanted to become more connected with nature and expand my personal experience of the healing it has to offer. I wasn’t sure where to start, I mean I’d go on walks in beautiful local parks, and it was very enjoyable. These parks offered not…
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The Wild Within!
By: Anna Bergen, Outreach & Engagement Intern I have recently found myself wondering what exactly community rewilding truly means to me. At its core, community rewilding could be defined as the act of reconnecting people with nature and their local environments to foster resilience, community empowerment, and sustainable self-sufficiency. Community Rewilding is a unique approach…
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Rewilding the People: Honoring the Original Peoples of Turtle Island: Upcoming Indigenous People’s Day
By: Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis, RNJCC Strategic Advisor Soon, we commemorate Indigenous People’s Day (& the upcoming Native American Heritage Month), previously and adjacently known in parts of the country as “Columbus Day”. The origins of the previously observed holiday was in celebration of the day that Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the Americas in the year…
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The Women & Their Woods: A Retreat by Ridge & Valley Conservancy
By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & CEO After a long journey from South Jersey, I finally made it to the Princeton-Blairstown Center for the Women & Their Woods Retreat. The Princeton-Blairstown Center is nestled at the heart of the Ridge & Valley Physiographic Province of New Jersey. This region is lesser known to most, characterized by…
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Responsible Development vs. Irresponsible Development: The Future of Communities
By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & CEO 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 meet…
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