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Seasonality of Crops in New Jersey
By: Leslie Gunnett, Advisory Board Member I recently attended an event hosted by the Cork Biodiversity Hub titled From Plate to Planet: Seasonal Eating Workshop for Climate Impact. This was part of a nationwide series of workshops during EU Green Week. The Cork Biodiversity Hub is a local community group that supports local rewilding planting…
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The View from 3rd Mountain: Anarchism
By: Derek Polzer, Advisory Board Member When we hear the word anarchy or anarchism, we tend to associate it with violence, chaos, or disorder most often used in a political context. Too often anarchism is mistaken for nihilism! I’d like to suggest that Anarchism is neither “Right nor Left”, as understood in our current political…
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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,…
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View from 3rd Mountain: Folk & the Old Ways
By: Derek Polzer, Advisory Board Member I build “Folk” instruments, 5-string banjos & variations on the dulcimer. There are times when I’m building these instruments it feels sacramental probably due to their cultural origins. These instruments are what I call “earth informed”, because the materials used are wood, gourds, metal, & animal hide, & that…
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Composting Modernity
By: Arthur Veilleux, Rewild NJ Movement Member A recent article in Science Advances, “Legacies of foundation species shape life after death”, explored an interesting ecological question: What happens after the dominant organisms in an ecosystem die? The researchers examined forests, grasslands, coral reefs, oyster reefs, marshes, and mangrove systems. Their conclusion was surprisingly simple. Death is…
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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…
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The View from 3rd Mountain: Tempering the Zealots
By: Derek Polzer, Rewild NJ Movement Member It’s becoming crucial, I believe, that we temper the frantic & panicked demands of the “Green” zealots who are promoting high-tech solutions & broad-brush remedies as ways to address our present planetary “climate crisis” without considering its actual impact of these technologies on habitat & wildlife, nor do…
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Jane Goodall Revisited “Think Local, Act Local”
By: Vincent Palmieri, Advisory Board Member Jane Goodall is widely recognized as a pioneer and the godmother of modern environmentalism in American culture and beyond. Nearly eight months after her passing on October 1, 2025, at the age of 91, much has already changed in the societal trajectory before us. Her influential publications speak for…
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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…
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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,…
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