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How “Leaving the Leaves” Can Support Rewilding
By: Leslie Gunnett, Advisory Board Member One of the trendy slogans that gets tossed around this time of year is “Leave the Leaves”. The goal of this campaign is to support local rewilding and biodiversity by stalling or skipping yard clean-up in the fall and spring. This environmental campaign is meant to inspire direct action…
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The View from 3rd Mountain: Outrage, Anger, & Possibilities
By: Derek Polzer, Advisory Board Member There are times when a person can no longer contain their old & smoldering anger, so that when a newly discovered fact brings a deeper understanding & clarity to a particular situation, it can trigger a long-suppressed feeling of outrage that for a moment can be blinding. I recently…
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The Monarch Moment
By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director In Spring 2002, during Second Grade at Cozy Lake Elementary School in Jefferson Twp., Morris County, my Teacher started a lesson plan called “The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly”. Our task as learners was to monitor the changing stages of the Monarch over several weeks- a common…
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Musings from the 1st Rewild NJ Gathering!
By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director The goal of Rewild NJ has always been to build culture and community around shared ideas and practices that help us to reclaim sovereignty. The first Rewild NJ Gathering was a celebration of this philosophy. Our Gathering contributes to the work of millions of people around the world…
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Suburban Monoculture in the Garden State
By: Vincent Palmieri, Advisory Board Member How do we make something that seems like a chore, to be something do-able? Convenience is key for most Americans – and a way of life for many of us. In a recent discussion at our Rewild Gathering, I’ve been prompted by Dr. John Hasse’s thoughts and dialogue on…
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The View from 3rd Mountain: “Those who have ears…!” A Brief Memorial for Wendell Berry
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Rewilding the Jersey Shore
By: Vincent Palmieri, Advisory Board Member Summer is coming to a close, and with local Summer now upon us, much of what surrounds us does as well. The roads seem to have different patterns. Leaves begin to bring out their vibrant colors, and things just seem to start feeling a little bit more “homie”. As…
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The Music of a Forest
By: Alex Mackay, Lead Social Media Intern Take a moment to step outside, stand or sit quietly, and allow the surrounding sounds to fill you. No matter what time you step out, the forest is never truly asleep.There is always some type of wildlife that is awake and moving around. While most people use nature…
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Skip the Stuff: What This New Law Will Mean for NJ
By: Leslie Gunnett, Advisory Board Member The nonprofit group Clean Water Action recently introduced a program called ReThink Disposable to decrease single-use plastic waste. They began local campaigns called Skip the Stuff, which require restaurants to only offer single-use cutlery and condiment packets upon request when customers order takeaway. This also requires only reusable food…
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HISTORY/memory
By: Derek Polzer, Advisory Board Member New fallen snow revealshistories, long hiddenbehind the heavy growthof brush & branches& overgrown fieldslaying fallow (forgotten).Parallels rutsledto a stone foundationslowly surrenderingto the forcesthat appall permanence.We call this history(memory) measuredby the linear countof night & day,(later) to be assessedfor its significance,its value to posterity. …paddling ever onward! Derek Polzer Check…
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