Rewilding – nature conservation's punk?

Sun, Jun 2, 2024, 09:23 AM · 20:59

Up until now, the world has failed to meet a single target to stop nature destruction. It's high time we reconsider our approach to nature conservation. A revolutionary concept gaining traction in Europe is Rewilding. It aims to restore natural processes, foster a nature-based economy, and reintegrate our own species with the natural world from which we've become strangely disconnected. Could Rewilding be to nature conservation what Solarpunk is to the Energy Transition and Permaculture is to agriculture? The grassroots organization "Collettivo Rewild Sicily" has set out to ground-truth rewilding principles in the heart of the Mediterranean – initiatives focus on preventing wildfires (Anti-wildfire summer camp), practicing agroforestry (Seven Heavens forest), implementing regenerative grazing, and harnessing local ecological knowledge (CyberTracker) for a wilder, greener, and happier Sicily.