Tag: sustainability

  • Rewilding the People: Honoring the Original Peoples of Turtle Island: Upcoming Indigenous People’s Day

    Rewilding the People: Honoring the Original Peoples of Turtle Island: Upcoming Indigenous People’s Day

    By: Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis, Advisory Board Member 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…

  • 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…

  • How Rewilding Yourself Can Reduce Energy Costs 

    How Rewilding Yourself Can Reduce Energy Costs 

    By: Isabel Molina, Rewild NJ Movement Member 2024 was the hottest year on record since 1880, breaking the previous top record-holding year, 2023. 2025 is on track to receive second place for hottest year recorded. With temperatures consistently climbing, it has never been more important for people to have access to a cool environment during…

  • Summer Symphony

    Summer Symphony

    By: Dare Euler, Rewild NJ Movement Member Summer nights. Seasons bring more than just changes for our eyes and clothing. More than just temperature and daylight hours. Nights in summer are layered with sound. One August night, I sat on my back deck. Initially the woods seem quiet compared to the constant streaming of daytime…

  • The Loop of Self-Sufficiency

    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…

  • Domain or Stewardship? Interpreting Our Relationship with Nature Through Genesis

    Domain or Stewardship? Interpreting Our Relationship with Nature Through Genesis

    By: Dare Euler, Rewild NJ Movement Member Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that…

  • Episode 1: Conservation, Knepp, & Rewilding England

    Episode 1: Conservation, Knepp, & Rewilding England

    Tony Whitbread President, Sussex Wildlife Trust Check out this story & more on the Rewild NJ Podcast! Get notified for every new post. Subscribe Today! We are Bringing Rewilding to New Jersey. Get notified of every new post. Subscribe Today! Help to Rewild NJ. Join the Rewild NJ Movement today. Learn More & Connect Email: rewildnjcc@gmail.com…

  • The Language of Hope: Reframing Environmental Narratives

    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…