Adventure Made Podcast
The Adventure Made Podcast is a weekly show capturing the stories and passions of outdoor enthusiasts around camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, backpacking, bush crafting, conservation, and much more.
Host Seth Spears interviews seasoned experts about their most memorable wilderness adventures, favorite gear, professional recommendations, and why spending time in nature is so important for the health of individuals and society.
Rewild Gear was founded by 4 brothers with a passion for the outdoors. We design and build high quality, minimalistic outdoor equipment to help people spend more time in the wilderness so they can reconnect with nature, family, and friends.
Our mission is to protect our public lands and endangered species through conservation, the rejuvenation of depleted soil through regenerative agriculture, and the cleaning up of waterways are common goals we feel everyone should share.
We were made for adventure, and this show will inspire you to get outdoors and reconnect with the wild side burning in all of us!
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Adventure Made Podcast
Ep 27: Arthur Haines on Rewilding Ourselves
Arthur Haines is a hunting and recreation guide, forager, ancestral skills mentor, author, public speaker, and botanical researcher. He grew up in the western mountains of Maine, a rural area that was home to swift streams known for their trout fishing. He spent most of his childhood in the Sandy River Valley hiking, tracking, and foraging.
Arthur now runs the Delta Institute of Natural History in Canton, Maine, where he teaches human ecology, focusing on the values of foraging, wildcrafting medicine, and primitive living skills. He continues to spend a great deal of his free time practicing his skills as a modern hunter-gatherer.
In 2017, he authored "A New Path", a comprehensive work on nature connection and rewilding, detailing how to incorporate ancestral practices into modern living. As a research botanist for the Native Plant Trust, he completed an inclusive flora of the New England region titled "Flora Novae Angliae" and has authored over twenty publications in peer-reviewed journals and books, including naming species of plants new to science. His series of YouTube videos has inspired thousands of people interested in foraging wild edible and medicinal plants.
Quotes:
"Don't jump to a solution."
"There's consequences to people going into the wilderness, but there is greater consequence to people staying in the city."
Topics Discussed:
- Definition of a hunter-gatherer
- The progress culture
- The four C's:
- Comfort
- Convenience
- Class
- Culpability
- Arthur's upbringing & the wilderness
- Using grief as a motivator
- The loss of various species
- Soil depletion
- Thoughts on war, famine & pestilence
- The waning number of hunters
- Rewilding our lands & wilderness degradation
- Conserve & not preserve
- Rewilding in the East vs. the West
- Becoming apathetic toward the outdoors
- European vs. American mindset on building things
- The importance of leisure
- Ancestral foods
- The three sisters: corn, squash & beans
- Chronic disease & wild foods
- Fire & its effect on civilization
Resources Mentioned:
- Website: Arthur Haines
- Book: A New Path
- Books: Tom Brown Jr
- TED Talk: What's Wrong with our Conservation Paradigm
- Facebook: Arthur Haines
- Community Facebook Page: Wilder Waters Community
- Podcast: ReWild Yourself
- Podcast: Wellness Mama
- Podcast: WildFed
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