Peter Michael Bauer (formerly writing under the moniker “Urban Scout”) is a multi-disciplinary artist and environmental educator. He is a performance artist, writer, filmmaker, photographer, designer, musician and basket maker. Born in Portland, Oregon, his family has lived in N.E. Portland for 5 generations. Bauer has been an environmental educator for over a decade, working with local organizations like Cascadia Wild, Friends of Tryon Creek, Audubon Society, Portland Waldorf, Shining Star Waldorf, Cleveland High School, and is the executive director at Rewild Portland, a non-profit that he founded. He has received local press in the The Oregonian, Portland Mercury, Willamette Week, national press in ReadyMade Magazine and international press in Positive Living Magazine (UK) and Chain Reaction (AU) for his efforts to create and promote the culture of rewilding.