Tag: writing

  • Reconnecting With Nature: The Nature Portrait

    Reconnecting With Nature: The Nature Portrait

    By: Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis, RNJCC Strategic Advisor As someone who is strongly passionate about advocating for Youth voices, I like to provide the Indigenous Youth of our communities the opportunity to be together. For generations, having the support of one another is that we had. Our families have stayed a tight knit community through…

  • Finding Home in Saddler’s Woods

    Finding Home in Saddler’s Woods

    By: Acer Paiste, Saddler’s Woods Conservation Association Intern, Rewild NJ Network Member When I first moved from the sprawling forests of Medford to the Haddon Hills apartments on Pyle Avenue, I felt displaced. Medford’s dense woods had always felt like a second home to me. It was a stabilizing presence in my life, nurturing me…

  • Three Weeks in Chile: From Anthropological Insight to Personal Journey

    Three Weeks in Chile: From Anthropological Insight to Personal Journey

    By: Sam Scalio, Outreach & Engagement Intern I recently had the opportunity to visit Chile to conduct anthropological work with a team of students under the purview of Dr. Maria Rosado of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at Rowan University. As a Rewild NJ Intern, many connections and ideas came to mind over…

  • Thou Shalt Not Kill a Living Thing

    Thou Shalt Not Kill a Living Thing

    By: Dare Euler, RNJCC Strategic Advisor My journey into rewilding began as a child living in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.  Always preferring the outdoors, this rural area of Interlaken had it all. Woods, fields, lake, beaver ponds, mountain. I was the nerdy kid who had collections of the natural world around me. Rocks identified and classified. Insects…