Rewilding

Rewilding is the process of undoing domestication. In green anarchyand anarcho-primitivism, humans are said to be "domesticated" by civilization. Supporters of such human rewilding argue that through the process of domestication, our wildness has been tamed and taken from us. Rewilding, then, is about overcoming our domestication and returning to our innate wildness. Though often associated with primitive skills and relearning knowledge of wild plantsand animals, it emphasizes primal livingas a holistic reality rather than just a number of skills or specific type of knowledge.

Rewilding is most associated with green anarchyand anarcho-primitivismor anti-civilization anarchyin general, though there is a large primitive living contingent who come at it from a less militant direction.

The term rewilding is also sometimes used to refer to efforts to correct perceived imbalances in the ecosystembased on differences between modern and prehistoric ecologies. Among these efforts is a proposal by Cornellgraduate studentJosh Donlanto introducemegafaunasuch as cheetahs, elephants, and lionsto North America, where they have been extinctsince the Pleistocene epoch13,000 years ago.

See also

• Green Anarchist
• Green Anarchy
• Invasive species
• Species Traitor

External links

Wildland network UK Self-willed land

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