We must veer off our linear path and renew our cyclic heritage as ecological entities. This much we know. But how can we come to terms with this in a meaningful manner conducive of real change? Civilization has userped and squanded indigenous cultures and continues to destroy what remnants remain through aggressive expansionism fueled by agriculture and justified by capital. Monocultural agriculture acts as a catalyst for a monocultural world. Inherently unsustainable, it collapses on itself when exploitation of the surrounding environment destroys agricultural yields, rippling through all facets of society.
A truely sustainable culture is based on bioregionalism; a landscape-based land ethic. It is a culture based upon the relationships between humans and biota. My goal is to rekindle these relationships by being an active agent in local ecology and by sharing ethnobiological knowledge. I see this as a way to ease the coming social transition that we face. As an avid forager and hunter I would like to share my experiences in the boreal and mixed hardwood forests of the United States. Join me on my quest to rewild.
Tomorrow I will post an account of my experiences with several local wild edible plants (top 5 or so).
The tracks are fresh and the snow is thick. I will go into the forest this weekend and return with a white tailed deer(hopefully) and a story to tell. I’ll outline whole animal use as it pertains to white-tails in the coming week.
-Arrow
