I have been inspired to keep this blog by reading the blogs of Urban Scout, Penny Scout and Going feral to name just a few.
The environmental situation that we find ourselves in has been concerning me for as long as I remember. The more i learnt about our environment the more concerned I became. This culminated in a feeling of total helplessness, of bleak despair. I think a lot of people feel this. The inability to see a way out of a situation that is getting worse. The runaway train of an insane culture hurtling into an abyss, with no emergency stop cord.
I have two small children now, and the thought of what future would be left for them has often left me in tears, adding to my feelings of helplessness. But something has to give. I can bury my head in the sand and ignore it, hoping that science and technology will work it out in the last minutes. Or I can face facts and prepare myself, my children, my friends and communities for life after the train crash.
Finding the concepts of Rewilding has really enabled me to get a grip of the issues at hand. Ever sine I was a small boy I felt like I had been born into the wrong time. My interests and hobbies seem out of sorts with my peers. It has taken me till my 3rd decade of life to realize that I was born into exactly the class right time. The interests and skills I have picked up along my life’s journey are as relevent now as they have always been, perhaps even mor so.
I have had a deep interest bushcraft and wilderness living skills since childhood and have been instructing these skills professionally for a number years now. It is these skills and practices that I would like to be my main focus for this blog. Long ago I realized that the more I learnt the more I realized I didn’t know. So this blog is to document some of the lessons I have learnt and am learning, to share my successes and failures, and as a bit of a soapbox from which to rant and rave.
Cheers
Pixie Blighter
