Rewilding means to return to a more wild or natural state; it is the process of undoing

domestication Domestication is a sustained multi-generational relationship in which humans assume a significant degree of control over the reproduction and care of another group of organisms to secure a more predictable supply of resources from that group. ...

. The term emerged from

green anarchism Green anarchism (or eco-anarchism"green anarchism (also called eco-anarchism)" in '' An Anarchist FAQ'' by various authors.) is an anarchist school of thought that puts a particular emphasis on ecology and environmental issues. A green anarchi ...

and anarcho-primitivism. The central argument is that the majority of humans have been "civilized" or "domesticated" by agrarianism and sedentary social stratification. Such a process is compared to how dogs have been domesticated from what was a common ancestor with wolves, resulting in a loss in health and vibrancy. Supporters of rewilding argue that through the process of domestication, human wildness has been altered by force. Rewilding encourages the conscious undoing of human domestication and returning to the lifeways of hunter-gatherer cultures. Though often associated with primitive skills and learning knowledge of wild

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae excl ...

s and

animal Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage ...

s, it emphasizes regenerative land management techniques employed by

hunter-gatherer A traditional hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living an ancestrally derived lifestyle in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local sources, especially edible wild plants but also insects, fung ...

s and

horticulturalists Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

, as well as development of the senses and fostering deepening personal relationships with members of other species and the natural world.Scout, Urban (2008) ''Rewild or Die''. Urban Scout LLC, Oregon. Rewilding intends to create permanently wild human cultures beyond domestication.Rewilding
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holistic Holism () is the idea that various systems (e.g. physical, biological, social) should be viewed as wholes, not merely as a collection of parts. The term "holism" was coined by Jan Smuts in his 1926 book '' Holism and Evolution''."holism, n." OED On ...

approach to living, as opposed to specific or separate skills, practices or knowledges. Rewilding is most associated with green anarchy and anarcho-primitivism or anti-civilization and post-civilization

anarchism Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...

in general.The GA & Wildroots Collectives,
A Primer for a Balanced Existence Amid the Ruins of Civilization
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Rewild PortlandReWild University"A Primitivist Primer"Re-WildingThe Rewilding Institute
*Stozenburg, William
Where the Wild Things Were
''Conservation in Practice'' 7(1):28-34. *Ho

{{Anarchism Anarcho-primitivism Anarchist theory Ecology Green anarchism

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