Welcome all you new peeps!
Hail newcomers!
Hi all! Iām the girl from Oz. No, not Australia, Oz. You know, with the Emerald City and all of that? Yeah, THAT Oz.
I donāt remember how I managed to stumble upon this site, but here I am. Iām not nearly as green and crunchy as some of the folks on here, Iām far too stuck to societyās fat hind end at the moment. Also, allergies to some of natures most awesome creations keeps me rather tied to my pharmacist and his wonderful drugs so Iāll be hanging out here in civilization for a while yet. Hey, Iām not fond of turning blue, what can I say? On the other hand, I find nature and all it has to offer totally fascinating. There are so many things out there that can be found so much more naturally. I like exploring them and using the ones that wonāt kill me. Some day I hope my knowledge gets used by me or generations after me that I want to share it with. Iām also interested in taking what weāve already created unnaturally and using it after itās intended purpose is no longer viableā¦not recycling or reusing so much as adapting to less industry as things become less common.
Hello OZ!
OZ?
Do you represent the lollypop guild? WE welcome you to menchkin land:-}
I do not associate with ruffians such as the Lollypop Guild. Iām more of a Lullaby League type of gal. 
hi folks!
i joined a couple of months ago but then didnāt introduce myself (or participate for that matter) until now. iām from the north woods (upper midwest)- by the way, iāve always known where i live to be called the northwoods bioregion, however i never see it called that anywhere else, is there another name for this bioregion that iām not familiar with? i was introduced to rewilding firstly just by being born in the woods and then later in life by the wildroots collective and the writing of derrick jensen. iām here to learn more skills and be able to talk to people who are of similar mindsā¦ not many people to talk about the collapse of civilization and braintanning with in real life.
anyways, nice to āmeetā you all!
welcome!
Welcome!
Well, I guess now is as good a time as any to introduce myselfā¦
Name is pidgeon. My partner and I have lived in Portland for the past year and Iām finally getting the time to have a social life. I moved to this urban hell hole from a small town in the coast range. Typical reason for moving, needed employment. Iām a programmer by trade, and occupation Iāve come to have an uneasy truce with. I spent 4 years doing small scale sustainance farming.
Iāve taught a bunch of classes, mainly in the areas Iāve seen rewilding classes weak in. Mostly de-transitional technologies like firearms safety and marksmanship and tactical shooting, muzzleloaders and modern rifles, gunsmithing both for repair and building, leatherwork, butchering, hunting bow building, alcohol brewing etc.
Iām big into pre-invasion irish history and culture, especially with regards to the similarities and differences with other indigenous cultures and how it relates to the landbase. Oh, and Iām still looking for a class in Southwest Coast Athabaskan (the indigenous language of the Siletz). Itās dying and I figure itās rude of me to live on stolen land without even bothering to learn the language of the folks the land was stolen from. If anyone knows of a class in Portland, let me know.
So yeah, hi all. I figure if Iām stuck in Portland (for the time being, keep repeating that, time beingā¦ not foreverā¦ did I mention how much I hate cities?) I might as well get involved.
Welcome Pidgeon!
Yes, join on in the local PDX community. Tonight we have a talk on animal tracking ārewild styleā, called āStepping Through The Looking Glassā, hosted at the TrackersNW space (see link below for location).
See here for a list of this weekās events:
http://trackersnw.com/html/pdx/community/pdx_thepit.php
Also check out the ancestral ways community events:
and get on the rewild camp community list:
rewildportland.lists.riseup.net
And for any other Portlanders who I havenāt welcomed and invited to these resources, my sincere apologies and come party with us!
Welcome Oz, Nemoralis, & Pidgeon.
Edit1: Can a Mod please move my post to the correct place in your forum? I found it quite too late im afraidā¦
EDIT2: (I found E-PRIME thread )
EDIT3: (switched threads all by myself!)
I did not find the right place on this forum to introduce myself. The community hearth looks like a good place to step forward for me. People call me simon. that name sounds good to me and i will listen to it for now. I feel hurt and sense little life around me. I did not see many years, yet i feel without energy. I went to many different places and ages which i will explain later. I met with real and alert healthy fear as well as the anxiety i feel these days when i cannot act upon my desires. I feel the reality of the wild, and come to think of my perceptions as a filtered reality. Im in europe. Here i live in an abandoned house. I used to call myself many different things, anarchist, post-left, etc. I will abandon these labels.
From here, i will learn the skills my parents could not teach me. I want to reconquer the basics of human existance. To see a world without natural enemy. only balance. Modern ways take our basic means of survival away and so ensure our slavery.
One day, i will find community somewhere. A home under the sky
well met
(that looks nice, i have e-primed and postivized the text i wrote before this, and out came what can be seen above )
previous/original post down here
Hi all.
I have not found the right place on this forum to introduce myself. I think the community hearth is the best place to step forward. im called simon. it s an okay name and i will use it for now. I know and realize to a great extent that i am scarred. i feel little life left in and around me. I am a young man, but have little energy. I have been to different places and ages which i will explain maybe later. I have met with real and alert healthy fear as well as the anxiety i feel these days being oppressed and contained from my desires. I know the reality of the wild, and i understnad my perceptions of the world are a filtered experience. Im in europe. Here i live in an abandoned house. Ive called myself different things. anarchistā¦post-left etc. id like to abandon these labels.
From where i am now. Id like to learn the skills my parents couldnt teach me. Id like to reconquer the basics of human esxistance. To see there is no natural enemy. only balance. Modern ways have taken our basic means of survival away and thus ensure our slavery.
One day i hope to find real community somewhere. and a home under the sky.
well met.
hello,
humans call me Evan. i live in the piedmont of north carolina, where the clay runs red and deep. we greatly need water. i would like it to snow :D. iām praying to the clouds to amass for a solstice miracle.
i come from a very comfortable lifestyle. i spent most of my younger life on computers. through college, i explored new ideas and dropped (or, more appropriately, went through and beyond) almost everything i previously held dear. i have become more alive as a more physical person, and i welcome that unfolding.
i arrive at rewilding from a deep dissatisfaction with the present world. i live in affection with many friends and family, but at the same time, i now feel in my bones the imprisonment of the artifice that is civilization. i hate that this culture is destroying this planet, which i love with every cell and breath. i enjoy smelling like an animal whenever i can. i want my blood to mix with the soil.
i appreciate jesus, siddhartha, and lao-tzu as perennial teachers, whose words come alive in new and unexpected ways as time passes. though i am constantly changing, i love that wisdom adapts and changes like a good animal.
i study religion at university and will graduate come may. i enjoy myth, story-telling, and ritual. i do some activism work at university, and fantasize about guerilla theater and apocalypse. i am writing a triptych of short stories on what i am feeling concerning civilization. writing heals.
i eat lots of tomatoes when they are in season (and many times when they are out of season :o), and hope it will be kosher to grow them post-apocalypse. i make a good vegetarian chili that i like to share ;-).
i have been very well domesticated, so i do not have many skills to share. i would like to learn more about e-primitive, pottery, foraging for food, face-painting/primitivist arting and ritualing, permaculture, fire-building, water-purifying, and all other good survival skills for the growing tribulation.
i look forward to meeting you all.
be well,
Evan
animal tracking 'rewild style', called 'Stepping Through The Looking Glass'
I love this title, Willem. It sounds like it would be an interesting and fun talk!
Now back to the introductionsā¦
Take care,
Curt
Hey. Iāve been lurking for several months now, and thought Iād register. Itās a bit scary, as Iām a semi-professional lurker.
My girlfriend and I are in Western NY, currently digging ourselves out from a bit of snow 
I was a Marxist for a long time, knowing that something was wrong with our culture. Capitalism seemed to be at the top of the offenders list at the time, although something never quite fit (like why didnāt the USSR or China work?) My girlfriend was ever so patient with me. One year, I went to the Communist national convention and realized in one short weekend, it was all horribly wrong. At that point, she introduced me to Daniel Quinn and Derrick Jensen. Needless to say, Iāve found out whatās wrong.
Iāve been on disability for years, so havenāt needed to bother with a job or anything like that. Leaves me a lot of time for learning.
My skills are fledgling at best, so Iāll mostly be listening here and chiming in my 2 bits here and there.
Hey. My nameās Meghan and I live in the East near the Appalachians. I am interested in rewilding and primitivism as a philosophy for the moment, but when the time comes (and it is coming soon) I hope to make practical use my learned skills.
I donāt really know who I am anymore or where my place is in all this. I really wish there was a community of people like you where I am right now, but there isnāt. It is frustrating to be so dependent on this computer but if I didnāt have access to these forums I think I would go insaneā¦
Anyway. Nice to be here among you.
Glad to have you here, Meghan. Kinda nuts that sitting by yourself at the computer becomes the place to find community, eh? ;D
I love the sound of mourning dovesāreminds me of one of my favorite places.
Hi, Iām Kevin, from Maryland. I go to high school, in the IB program, and it just kills me. I want to get away from the boring, isolated, destructive future that my current path leads to, but I donāt really know where to start. My family supports me a great deal, but they (we) do not have any outdoorsy knowledge to speak of.
Does anybody have suggestions for a 16-year-old who wants to rewild? Should I go to college? Should I even finish high school? Should I go to something like TrackersNW? Should I do something else? Thanks in advance!
haakev2 Welcome, I have a son in the same boat as you and I myself as well as many others on this forum empathize with you greatly. The best advice I can give is every day is a new, start small, thereās always someone who would love to teach you something, if you just look and listen. Just recently I learned so much about plants and plant habits from a little Asian woman at the nursery, at the coop where I shop, totally by being willing to listen. (DonĆĀ¢Ć¢āĀ¬Ć¢āĀ¢t you love it when you find someone with a true passion.?). If someone has special knowledge they mostly will share, they just donĆĀ¢Ć¢āĀ¬Ć¢āĀ¢t want to come off as a bore. So listen a lot and donĆĀ¢Ć¢āĀ¬Ć¢āĀ¢t be afraid to ask questions. As far as school goes thereĆĀ¢Ć¢āĀ¬Ć¢āĀ¢s an ancient proverb that goes ĆĀ¢Ć¢āĀ¬Ć āTake life as it happens, but try to make it happen the way you want to take it.ĆĀ¢Ć¢āĀ¬ĆĀ Things change all the time having a readily marketable skill is never a bad thing.