Peter Michael Bauer is an anthropologist, experimental archaeologist, historian, and life-long community organizer. His work focuses on the social and environmental impacts of the neolithic revolution, and how understanding these impacts can provide us with solutions to the sixth mass extinction. Since the early 2000’s, he has been an integral catalyst in the human rewilding movement. As host of The Rewilding Podcast, Peter explores the philosophy and practice of returning to collective place-based, regenerative subsistence strategies, inspired by those that exist outside of–and those that existed prior to–the formation of agrarian states. Peter has also created the first international online rewilding forum (now archived at discuss.rewild.com), wrote a book on rewilding called Rewild or Die, founded the organization Rewild Portland (where he serves as Executive Director and also teaches classes), and created the Annual North American Rewilding Conference. From the age of 16 he has traveled the country attending programs such as Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School, Wilderness Awareness School in Washington State, Rabbitstick Rendezvous, Echoes in Time, Wintercount, Lynx Vilden’s Stone Age immersion program, and the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild (where he currently sits on the Board of Directors). He has been an environmental educator for many organizations in Portland, including Cascadia Wild, Friends of Tryon Creek, and the Audubon Society.
Peter will be sharing personal reflections on his unique relationship to wild nature and to the more-than-human world. We will have time for questions and discussion afterwards.
Our evening together in Portland begins at 6:30. In the spirit of communal sharing, this event is a potluck. Please arrive early and bring something if inspired. If you are interested in attending (space is limited) please send a message to Andrzej via our Contact form.
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