Ways of the Wildwood

From the robins nesting in the spruce to starflowers migrating slowly across the forest floor to wolves denning for generations in the same hemlock nook, there's much we miss in our mad rush of civilized living.   The wildwood ways of our forest kin call us home.

It's human to live in good relationship with Mother Earth as tribal traditions from Europe to Australia and our long history as human beings shows.  Based on that idea, Ways of the Wildwood celebrates the wildwood, looks at the historical attempts to separate us from the wild, and discusses the cultural worldviews that both help and hinder the recovery of our own wildwood ways.

Drawing on my work as a writer and college instructor for 20-some years, this channel looks at 
- environmental issues & eco philosophies of Indigenous peoples
- environmental history
- Native American history
- rural life
- decolonization
- colonial policies
- nature appreciation
- wild edible plants
- birdsong
- natural phenomenon
- & more!