Puliki

Sean Yoro (Hula) used chalk and water to paint these murals somewhere in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. A message on wildfire, deforestation and climate change.

"The artwork is called Puliki, which means 'to embrace' in Hawaiian."(cnn)

Hula Studios

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See also the CNN coverage here.

See more on Sean Yoro on this Blog 'di Arte Contemporanea'

Sean Yoro is on Facebook.

The Rewilding Movement

Perhaps the subject of this blogitem is an anthropocene subject par excellence ;-)
Want to know more about rewilding? Just read and look on for this quick introduction.

"The short film (3’39) explains Rewilding Europe’s vision and approach to make wild nature a normal part of a modern Europe in the 21^st century. Learn why we believe there is a historic opportunity to shape our natural landscapes of the future. Find out how rewilding can provide new perspectives for rural communities living in Europe’s countryside."

George Monbiot tells us in this Ted presentation on the reintroduction of wolves in the National Park Pick your own language...

See the movie here

And see his manifesto for rewilding the world here.

However, read here a counter article on Popular Science 

"Has The Reintroduction Of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone?

Recent science suggests that, while important to restoring Yellowstone Park's ecological health, wolves are not the primary solution. Let the fighting commence."

But lets enter the core concept. See John Carey in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA in his 2016 referenced article. (As long as they are allowed to publish scientific material ;-)
You can also download the pdf article there if you like.


Have a look at a pilot project of Rewilding Europe in Spain and Portugal: the case of Western - Iberia

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Nice, the idea of forest that's to be feared, in contradiction to the 'view in the UK'!
A view from North-Rhine Westpfalia, wilderness in orderly Germany?
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Another nice article is The Call of the Rewild

Ed Gibney in The Humanist 2016
Rewilding as a contra-concept to museum piece preservation of nature.

If you like to browse rewilding movies just click here to enter the world of youtube.