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Rewilding: How Wolves Radically Change Rivers
WRITTEN BY DR. LYNDA
How can wolves radically change rivers? Why do whales have the power to change the composition of the atmosphere? It seems everything’s more connected than we’ve ever realized.
Have you heard of rewilding? This inspiring TED Talk will quickly become one of your favorites as it makes you consider how this concept can make our lives better.
image: Wolves and ravens
Source: Barrett Hedges
TED is a global platform for ideas worth spreading, and on their site, you can get lost for hours in their content and never look back. In our house, we have two teenagers who have completely given up television for TED talks (on any subject under the sun) and a handful of podcasts that we will introduce you to here on EWC at some point in the future.
In any case, if you have 20 minutes to spare, this adventure is an extraordinary way to spend it!
George Monbiot takes us through a portal to an enchanted kingdom that could be our future and then finishes by bringing us an understanding of our particular role in a world of possibility.
Rewilding will bring you a story of hope.
Via: TED 1
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I have to tell you that we were amazed at how little information there was on the young rewilding movement on the Internet. In fact, we postponed publishing this article to get more information for our audience. Check out this great article, Should Britain be Rewilded with Wolves, Bears, and Beavers? You can also learn more about rewilding or George Monbiot via the following:
For more from George Monbiot, visit his website monbiot.com
To learn more about rewilding, go to monbiot.com/feral
Or check out Monbiot’s book Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life on Amazon.
We also came across another book on the subject called Rewilding the World, but after that, the web seemed amazingly quiet on the topic. Let us know if you find more on this important window of possibility.Really! That’s how we work around here: we are a community, and I frequently dip back into articles to add or subtract after our community has brought their input to a piece.
Dr Lynda
