Comments on: Urban Scout Vs. Rewilding

By: Shusli

Shusli — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:08:36 +0000

oops, that was supposed to go onto the wapato entry. damn dementia!

By: Shusli

Shusli — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:36:11 +0000

I love spritely Penny Scout and her daring feats! and feets! You all are so daring and adventurous… Animals as refuse makes me sad, especially seeing Coyote on a trash heap. Pretty representative of civ in general.

My theory is that Aries people - especially those who can summon fire - do not tolerate cold well. Also, as men age, “balls-deep” gets to be shallower. I hope you all were careful about not getting water into mouth or other orifices because of the possibility of contact with giardia, nasty bug that it is.

The Natives from whom I descend practiced separation of labor AND of living quarter. We women lived in semi-subterranean houses with the children, and the men lived in a group in the sweat house. Boy children were sent to the sweathouse around age 7. Also, no woman was ever to touch fishing equipment…yet, I was gifted with a shuttle as I gently extracted soap root from around the perimeter of an old sweathouse site!!

Thanks for all you Rewilders do!!

By: trendkillerfromhell

trendkillerfromhell — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:17:21 +0000

i don’t think civilization in general is inherently evil, but i do believe that big government is. it is entirely immoral and impersonal to follow the laws set up for us by some empty cash-lined suit. a major part of my philosophy on rewilding is the ANARCHO part of anarcho-primitivism. corrupt government is the reason people can’t see what mass agriculture, mono-cropping, and GMO’s do to our world and our society. all government is corrupt, even the most socialist and pro-proletariat. emphasis on smaller communities is the only thing that can make this world truly sustainable. and besides, letting others decide what one can and cannot do only destroys a part of our individuality and our personality. keep up the good shit.

hails from santa fe, new mexico.

By: mikerock

mikerock — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:35:11 +0000

Not sure why it’s not a different color but if you hover over “Here is another story” it is a link.

Mike

By: mikerock

mikerock — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:33:33 +0000

Hey Scout, this is one of your best posts yet! Here is another story from another landbase that you can add to the frame of our rewilding boat.

- Mike in Austin

By: Urban Scout

Urban Scout — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:15:58 +0000

Hey Dragon,
Thanks for seeing my perspective! I don’t see civilization as good or evil, just not a way of living that works. Whether you believe civilization is “good” or “evil” doesn’t change that it fucks up the environment, you know? Blah blah. I don’t think having a small garden destroys biodiversity. Even the NW coast tribes who subsisted using horticulture, had small agricultural gardens for growing Tobacco for ceremonies. Agriculture can work on a small scale for certain things, but when it becomes used for food subsistence, than you have a huge problem. I don’t really know anything about bees or bee keeping. Could the Bee’s live without you I think says whether the relationship works symbiotically. Could you live without the bees? I don’t know enough on this yet, I’m still working on defining this kind of thing, like where exactly do you draw the line of domestication. It can look pretty blurry through my civilized eyes, but I know the line is probably very clear for more wild things.

Lobo Victim,
You are the reason I keep writing blogs! Thank you so much for your kind words. I didn’t really want to write that blog on rewilding because I figure so many other people have covered that subject that I would sound more like a mocking bird. I’m glad you heard it here first! Haha. Of course, it’s written in my own voice and in my own words so in that sense I’ve “owned” it. There are many ways to start breaking out of the ruts our culture puts us in. If you feel at a loss and have internet access, I suggest browsing the rewild.info website.

Fen,
Thanks for your kind words. Is Dreamkeeper a movie? It sounds good?

By: Fen

Fen — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:46:16 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what you said, namely stories, bringing back the stories, and songs. And I saw dreamkeeper and it made me cry cos of the stories. They have power.

By: lobo victim

lobo victim — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:35:11 +0000

Hey Scout. I really like what you have to say about the boat. I have been interested in rewilding, more and more finding it a necessity. I try to spread the idea when I can. Reading your post on agricultural deforestation has been very informative. Its something that I’ve thought nothing of before. When I mention it to other people they get glass eyed, and it flies right past them (something its cool to be green hollywood hasnt talked about). Its simple though. You look at some past civilizations and this led to their demise. No they didnt have to deal with global warming but they stripped their land for crops and materials. Eventuly the land couldnt provide for their population anymore. Anyway back to the boat analogy. It makes me feel good. I believe in rewilding but have taken no steps into it. I feel I’ve been so trapped into todays society I dont know how or where to start to break free. I feel like a giant hippocrate. I’m about 10 years removed from nature and the comfort I felt in wilderness in my youth. I miss that. For now I will do what I can to spread rewilding.

By: Dragon

Dragon — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:14:17 +0000

I’ll tell you straight up.
I don’t have a problem with either your walk or talk. Its all about getting the information out there after all.
Civilization is inherently evil.
So is big agriculture.
But is my truck garden evil? it kept me through winter.
What about my Bee’s? as a small keeper I sweat getting the girls through the winter. would not my bee’s and I’s relationship be considered symbiotic.
The big bee concerns harvest too much honey and starve the hives.
they don’t care how many die. All they care for is profit.
By the way I do like the vegan rant.
Vegans in my lingo just means bad Hunter. Dragon