Welcoming Henryk Topolnicki to the Wild Mountain Collective
All religions will pass But this will remain Simply sitting in a chair And looking into the distance —Vasily Vasilievich Rozanov Henryk: As an artist, I do this myself quite a lot. That space between your mind and what is out there—to me this is the most creative space. You need to allow yourself that [...]
Welcoming Inge Riebe to the Wild Mountain Collective
Much of my life I have felt my role is as a translator, sometimes of languages, sometimes between people at odds, and most often between cultures. My primary discipline is anthropology with a strong interest in oral history. Some of my work has been in Aboriginal Heritage in Australia, which has enabled me to connect [...]
Welcoming Eliot Reynolds to the Wild Mountain Collective
When life gets out of balance, Eliot reconnects to the earth by taking long barefoot walks in the bushland, visiting local waterfalls and letting the cold winter wind wrap her arms around him in loving embrace. Eliot Boyd Reynolds is a music composer, player and producer with 35 years of music and TV industry experience [...]
The Aesthetic Beauty of the Universe—Jasper Lepani
Photography is a field which has developed immensely over the years; from a highly specialized knowledge of equipment and composure, to instant post-processing and 4K high definition cameras that barely take up more than couple of millimetres on the back of your phone. The world of photography has become an ever more crucial cog [...]
Touching the Earth—Welcoming Martin Roberts
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers but as fountains of life (John Muir, in Louv, 2011, p.46). Martin Roberts is [...]
Welcoming Lorraine Shannon to the Wild Mountain Collective
I was delighted to hear of, and then be invited to join the Wild Mountains Collective as I have been involved in environmental issues for many years, first as an active member of ASLE – the Association for Literature and the Environment which was founded in the USA but has since become an international association [...]
Honouring the Kangaloon Ecologies Group
The Wild Mountain Collective kicked off on the inspiration of Charles Massey’s Call of the Reed Warbler, the “manifesto for uncivilisation” by the UK Dark Mountain Project, founded by Paul Kingsnorth as a self-confessed recovering environmental activist, and the work of Dave Abram with his US based Alliance for Wild Ethics. However our deepest roots [...]
The Hidden Language of Trees
[dropcap]Remember[/dropcap] James Cameron’s Avatar—the highest grossing movie of all time! This fascinating secret world of the language of trees is what German forester Peter Wohlleben explores in The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate. Trees dominate the world’s the oldest living organisms. Since the dawn of our species, they have been our silent companions, permeating our most enduring [...]