Dave Barker
@woodlanddave.bsky.social
Founder & Director Wildlore CIC | Woodsman, Ecologist & Nature-Based Educator | #Agroecology #Bioregionalism, #CitSci, #Kinship, #NatureConnectedness, #Resilience & #WildService.
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Dave Barker
@woodlanddave.bsky.social
· Oct 20
“We go to the woods not to escape the world, but to rejoin it.”
To rejoin the world is to return to relationship: with place, with one another, and with the wider web of life that holds us all. It is an act of remembering that our wellbeing is intertwined with the wellbeing of the land.
#Kinship
To rejoin the world is to return to relationship: with place, with one another, and with the wider web of life that holds us all. It is an act of remembering that our wellbeing is intertwined with the wellbeing of the land.
#Kinship
#OCEANS AND #FORESTS: A NEW DISCOVERY
"...to see the land and sea as one interconnected ecosystem. To see that when we plant a tree, the ocean drinks. And when we lose a forest, the tide turns."
#Ecology #Rewilding #Ecosystems #COP30 #Rainforests
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk/news/oceans-...
"...to see the land and sea as one interconnected ecosystem. To see that when we plant a tree, the ocean drinks. And when we lose a forest, the tide turns."
#Ecology #Rewilding #Ecosystems #COP30 #Rainforests
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk/news/oceans-...
Oceans and Forests: A New Discovery — Rainforest Recovery | Woodland Trust
Working with associate lecturer Dr. Benjamin Phillips, the Woodland Trust has discovered a groundbreaking glimpse into the important interactions between oceans and forests. Until now, these ecosystem...
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#OCEANS AND #FORESTS: A NEW DISCOVERY
"...to see the land and sea as one interconnected ecosystem. To see that when we plant a tree, the ocean drinks. And when we lose a forest, the tide turns."
#Ecology #Rewilding #Ecosystems #COP30 #Rainforests
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk/news/oceans-...
"...to see the land and sea as one interconnected ecosystem. To see that when we plant a tree, the ocean drinks. And when we lose a forest, the tide turns."
#Ecology #Rewilding #Ecosystems #COP30 #Rainforests
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk/news/oceans-...
“We go to the woods not to escape the world, but to rejoin it.”
To rejoin the world is to return to relationship: with place, with one another, and with the wider web of life that holds us all. It is an act of remembering that our wellbeing is intertwined with the wellbeing of the land.
#Kinship
To rejoin the world is to return to relationship: with place, with one another, and with the wider web of life that holds us all. It is an act of remembering that our wellbeing is intertwined with the wellbeing of the land.
#Kinship
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“We go to the woods not to escape the world, but to rejoin it.”
To rejoin the world is to return to relationship: with place, with one another, and with the wider web of life that holds us all. It is an act of remembering that our wellbeing is intertwined with the wellbeing of the land.
#Kinship
To rejoin the world is to return to relationship: with place, with one another, and with the wider web of life that holds us all. It is an act of remembering that our wellbeing is intertwined with the wellbeing of the land.
#Kinship
"I only hope my book contributes to the appreciation that a new dark age, in the many meanings of the term, is upon us, and this needs to be the baseline for plotting the most congenial routes into the future." @chrissmaje.bsky.social
#Bioregionalism #PostGrowth #Community #Resilience #Localism
#Bioregionalism #PostGrowth #Community #Resilience #Localism
Finding Lights in a Dark Age - published today | Chris Smaje
My book, Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work and Craft, is officially published today in the UK (US publication is 11 November). It’s available in paperback, e-book and audiobook versions...
chrissmaje.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"I only hope my book contributes to the appreciation that a new dark age, in the many meanings of the term, is upon us, and this needs to be the baseline for plotting the most congenial routes into the future." @chrissmaje.bsky.social
#Bioregionalism #PostGrowth #Community #Resilience #Localism
#Bioregionalism #PostGrowth #Community #Resilience #Localism
Finally #IUCN Guidelines for #Rewilding published 👏
"The rewilding vision requires a paradigm shift in how we exist and interact with our environment on Earth."
Huge gratitude to @landethics.bsky.social et al ✊
Read Guidelines Here: portals.iucn.org/library/node...
"The rewilding vision requires a paradigm shift in how we exist and interact with our environment on Earth."
Huge gratitude to @landethics.bsky.social et al ✊
Read Guidelines Here: portals.iucn.org/library/node...
October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Finally #IUCN Guidelines for #Rewilding published 👏
"The rewilding vision requires a paradigm shift in how we exist and interact with our environment on Earth."
Huge gratitude to @landethics.bsky.social et al ✊
Read Guidelines Here: portals.iucn.org/library/node...
"The rewilding vision requires a paradigm shift in how we exist and interact with our environment on Earth."
Huge gratitude to @landethics.bsky.social et al ✊
Read Guidelines Here: portals.iucn.org/library/node...
July 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The best sleep is one had hanging from the trees 🌳 🌲🌳
July 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The best sleep is one had hanging from the trees 🌳 🌲🌳
View from the hammock tonight at Laughton Greenwood
I’m undertaking a 2nd moth survey for the year + I’ve also deployed a static bat detector to see what other stars of the night sky are flying about the woods.
#Ecology #Kinship #Biodiversity #Rewilding #Forestry #Sussex #Bats #Moths #Wildlore
I’m undertaking a 2nd moth survey for the year + I’ve also deployed a static bat detector to see what other stars of the night sky are flying about the woods.
#Ecology #Kinship #Biodiversity #Rewilding #Forestry #Sussex #Bats #Moths #Wildlore
July 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
View from the hammock tonight at Laughton Greenwood
I’m undertaking a 2nd moth survey for the year + I’ve also deployed a static bat detector to see what other stars of the night sky are flying about the woods.
#Ecology #Kinship #Biodiversity #Rewilding #Forestry #Sussex #Bats #Moths #Wildlore
I’m undertaking a 2nd moth survey for the year + I’ve also deployed a static bat detector to see what other stars of the night sky are flying about the woods.
#Ecology #Kinship #Biodiversity #Rewilding #Forestry #Sussex #Bats #Moths #Wildlore
Reposted by Dave Barker
You can now preorder my new book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' from Barnes & Noble.
Rewards members (it's free to sign up online) get 25% discount, premium members get a further 10% off: barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-li...
Use PREORDER25 at checkout.
#BNPreorder
#BookSky
@barnesandnoble.com
Rewards members (it's free to sign up online) get 25% discount, premium members get a further 10% off: barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-li...
Use PREORDER25 at checkout.
#BNPreorder
#BookSky
@barnesandnoble.com
Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work and Craft|Paperback
How we can meet the challenges of our age by moving away from the political and economic philosophies of both the left and right to a more equitable re-organization of society, economy, land and food ...
barnesandnoble.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
You can now preorder my new book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' from Barnes & Noble.
Rewards members (it's free to sign up online) get 25% discount, premium members get a further 10% off: barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-li...
Use PREORDER25 at checkout.
#BNPreorder
#BookSky
@barnesandnoble.com
Rewards members (it's free to sign up online) get 25% discount, premium members get a further 10% off: barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-li...
Use PREORDER25 at checkout.
#BNPreorder
#BookSky
@barnesandnoble.com
Fixing the garden step is gonna have to wait — it’s home to a Leafcutter Bee 🐝
#Kinship #Ecology #Biocentrism #NatureConnectedness
#Kinship #Ecology #Biocentrism #NatureConnectedness
July 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Fixing the garden step is gonna have to wait — it’s home to a Leafcutter Bee 🐝
#Kinship #Ecology #Biocentrism #NatureConnectedness
#Kinship #Ecology #Biocentrism #NatureConnectedness
"...nine planetary boundaries. These are constraints on how we live. As long as humans, like any other animal, live within those nine constraints, we can do it forever, (...) If we pass one boundary, we should be shitting our pants. We’ve passed seven! (...) what we’ve got to do now is hunker down"
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
www.ipolitics.ca
July 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"...nine planetary boundaries. These are constraints on how we live. As long as humans, like any other animal, live within those nine constraints, we can do it forever, (...) If we pass one boundary, we should be shitting our pants. We’ve passed seven! (...) what we’ve got to do now is hunker down"
“It’s getting increasingly difficult to farm given the impacts we’re now seeing with #ClimateChange. We’ve gone from extreme #Drought to biblical #Floods and back to drought in the space of just a few years. It’s devastating and many of us in #Farming now fear for a sustainable future.”
#Food
#Food
More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds
Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
“It’s getting increasingly difficult to farm given the impacts we’re now seeing with #ClimateChange. We’ve gone from extreme #Drought to biblical #Floods and back to drought in the space of just a few years. It’s devastating and many of us in #Farming now fear for a sustainable future.”
#Food
#Food
Great to hear Derrick Jensen talking to Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social ✊
#TransformativeAdaptation #DeepAdaptation #Community #Resilience #Kinship #RegenerativeCulture #Health #Wellbeing #Rewilding #Bioregionalism #Permaculture #Localism #Agriwilding #Agrarianism #Collapse #Relocalisation
#TransformativeAdaptation #DeepAdaptation #Community #Resilience #Kinship #RegenerativeCulture #Health #Wellbeing #Rewilding #Bioregionalism #Permaculture #Localism #Agriwilding #Agrarianism #Collapse #Relocalisation
Resistance Radio Interview of Rupert Read
Podcast Episode · Resistance Radio · 14/04/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Great to hear Derrick Jensen talking to Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social ✊
#TransformativeAdaptation #DeepAdaptation #Community #Resilience #Kinship #RegenerativeCulture #Health #Wellbeing #Rewilding #Bioregionalism #Permaculture #Localism #Agriwilding #Agrarianism #Collapse #Relocalisation
#TransformativeAdaptation #DeepAdaptation #Community #Resilience #Kinship #RegenerativeCulture #Health #Wellbeing #Rewilding #Bioregionalism #Permaculture #Localism #Agriwilding #Agrarianism #Collapse #Relocalisation
"What would change if forests, waterways and wildlife were recognised as more than just resources?"
#Kinship
www.positive.news/society/givi...
#Kinship
www.positive.news/society/givi...
Giving non-human beings a seat at the table: Animals in the Room
What would change if the forests, waterways, and wildlife around us were recognised as more than just resources?
www.positive.news
May 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"What would change if forests, waterways and wildlife were recognised as more than just resources?"
#Kinship
www.positive.news/society/givi...
#Kinship
www.positive.news/society/givi...
"Engaging with #Nature offers a low-cost, scalable solution—boosting our #Wellbeing and inspiring us to act for the planet. But how do visiting nature and feeling connected to it work together to deliver these benefits?"
#NatureConnection #NatureConnectedness #Health #MentalHealth #Kinship
#NatureConnection #NatureConnectedness #Health #MentalHealth #Kinship
Something to sing about: Being both in and connected to nature unite human and nature’s wellbeing.
Our latest research paper is available open access: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
And a blog summary: findingnature.org.uk/2025/05/14/s...
Our latest research paper is available open access: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
And a blog summary: findingnature.org.uk/2025/05/14/s...
May 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"Engaging with #Nature offers a low-cost, scalable solution—boosting our #Wellbeing and inspiring us to act for the planet. But how do visiting nature and feeling connected to it work together to deliver these benefits?"
#NatureConnection #NatureConnectedness #Health #MentalHealth #Kinship
#NatureConnection #NatureConnectedness #Health #MentalHealth #Kinship
Bioregioning is a practice, a journey of connection, learning, and action...
“Bioregions define the appropriate scale for regional self-reliance, responsible environmental action and human participation in the community of life.” — Daniel Wahl (2001)
#Bioregionalism #Biocentrism #Kinship #Ecology
“Bioregions define the appropriate scale for regional self-reliance, responsible environmental action and human participation in the community of life.” — Daniel Wahl (2001)
#Bioregionalism #Biocentrism #Kinship #Ecology
Bioregioning: the defining practice of regenerative cultures
“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” — Wendell Berry (2001)
designforsustainability.medium.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Bioregioning is a practice, a journey of connection, learning, and action...
“Bioregions define the appropriate scale for regional self-reliance, responsible environmental action and human participation in the community of life.” — Daniel Wahl (2001)
#Bioregionalism #Biocentrism #Kinship #Ecology
“Bioregions define the appropriate scale for regional self-reliance, responsible environmental action and human participation in the community of life.” — Daniel Wahl (2001)
#Bioregionalism #Biocentrism #Kinship #Ecology
“The relationship between climate and conflict is becoming increasingly clear in our own time, so these findings aren’t just important for historians. Extreme climate conditions lead to hunger, which can lead to societal challenges, which eventually lead to outright conflict.”
British rebellion against Roman legions caused by drought, research finds
The pivotal ‘barbarian conspiracy’ of AD367 saw Picts, Scotti and Saxons inflicting crushing blows on Roman defences
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“The relationship between climate and conflict is becoming increasingly clear in our own time, so these findings aren’t just important for historians. Extreme climate conditions lead to hunger, which can lead to societal challenges, which eventually lead to outright conflict.”
🚨 New Website 🚨
“Time is running out for our precious rainforests. The fragile woods along our rainforest zone need expert care to survive. We must act now before it’s too late, to ensure a secure future for this rare habitat.”
#Rewilding #Forestry
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk?fbclid=PAZXh...
“Time is running out for our precious rainforests. The fragile woods along our rainforest zone need expert care to survive. We must act now before it’s too late, to ensure a secure future for this rare habitat.”
#Rewilding #Forestry
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk?fbclid=PAZXh...
Rainforest Recovery | Explore & Conserve | Woodland Trust
Discover and protect the rare temperate rainforests of the Southwest, vital for biodiversity and climate. Learn, volunteer, and support our crucial conservation efforts.
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk
April 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🚨 New Website 🚨
“Time is running out for our precious rainforests. The fragile woods along our rainforest zone need expert care to survive. We must act now before it’s too late, to ensure a secure future for this rare habitat.”
#Rewilding #Forestry
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk?fbclid=PAZXh...
“Time is running out for our precious rainforests. The fragile woods along our rainforest zone need expert care to survive. We must act now before it’s too late, to ensure a secure future for this rare habitat.”
#Rewilding #Forestry
www.rainforestrecovery.org.uk?fbclid=PAZXh...
“If you don’t know Nature [kinship] — you don’t know the potential [health & wellbeing].”
#Bioregionalism #Kinship #Ecology #NatureConnection #NaturesRecovery #NatureBasedSolutions #Localism #Biocentrism #Community #Grassroots #Resilience #Biodiversity #Wildlife #RewildYourLife #RewildYourself
#Bioregionalism #Kinship #Ecology #NatureConnection #NaturesRecovery #NatureBasedSolutions #Localism #Biocentrism #Community #Grassroots #Resilience #Biodiversity #Wildlife #RewildYourLife #RewildYourself
Why Not Scotland? | The Rewilding Nation documentary
Join Flo, a young Scot from Glasgow, on an intensely personal journey, as she seeks out examples of nature recovery around Europe. Like many of her generation, Flo is concerned by the state of nature and fearful about an uncertain future. But during her travels, she discovers places where nature is making a spectacular comeback, breathing life back into the landscape and revitalising human communities. Encouraged by these stories of hope and renewal, she is prompted to wonder: Why Not Scotland? A Scottish Rewilding Alliance film, forming the central pillar of the Rewilding Nation campaign. Produced by rewilding charity SCOTLAND: The Big Picture. Starring Flo Blackbourn. Produced and directed by Mat Larkin. Executive producer: Peter Cairns. Assistant producer: Tierney Lloyd. Find out more at www.scotlandbigpicture.com/why-not-scotland Sign up for Rewilding Nation updates: www.rewild.scot/newsletter-sign-up
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April 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“If you don’t know Nature [kinship] — you don’t know the potential [health & wellbeing].”
#Bioregionalism #Kinship #Ecology #NatureConnection #NaturesRecovery #NatureBasedSolutions #Localism #Biocentrism #Community #Grassroots #Resilience #Biodiversity #Wildlife #RewildYourLife #RewildYourself
#Bioregionalism #Kinship #Ecology #NatureConnection #NaturesRecovery #NatureBasedSolutions #Localism #Biocentrism #Community #Grassroots #Resilience #Biodiversity #Wildlife #RewildYourLife #RewildYourself
“Deep-rooted cultural beliefs and legal protections continue to play a crucial role in safeguarding snow leopards, supported by awareness campaigns that reinforce traditional practices and conservation,” a new commentary explains.
#Kinship #Rewilding #DeepEcology
#Kinship #Rewilding #DeepEcology
How cultural and religious beliefs combine for snow leopard conservation (commentary)
In November 2023, at 4 a.m., four snow leopards made their way into Mingmar Gurung’s livestock corral in Dhakmar village, Mustang district, Nepal. Hearing the goats’ commotion so early in the morning,...
news.mongabay.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“Deep-rooted cultural beliefs and legal protections continue to play a crucial role in safeguarding snow leopards, supported by awareness campaigns that reinforce traditional practices and conservation,” a new commentary explains.
#Kinship #Rewilding #DeepEcology
#Kinship #Rewilding #DeepEcology
Reposted by Dave Barker
Is #RegenerativeAgriculture the solution to delivering for both food and nature?
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
April 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Is #RegenerativeAgriculture the solution to delivering for both food and nature?
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
"Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis."
#Ecology #Conservation #Rewilding #Kinship #Biodiversity #Wildlife #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis #Agroecology #Agroforestry #RegenerativeFarming #Storytelling #Communication #NatureConnnection
#Ecology #Conservation #Rewilding #Kinship #Biodiversity #Wildlife #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis #Agroecology #Agroforestry #RegenerativeFarming #Storytelling #Communication #NatureConnnection
Scientists 'must experiment with storytelling'
Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis.
theecologist.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis."
#Ecology #Conservation #Rewilding #Kinship #Biodiversity #Wildlife #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis #Agroecology #Agroforestry #RegenerativeFarming #Storytelling #Communication #NatureConnnection
#Ecology #Conservation #Rewilding #Kinship #Biodiversity #Wildlife #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis #Agroecology #Agroforestry #RegenerativeFarming #Storytelling #Communication #NatureConnnection
March 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
There will be a new GCSE in Natural History. Wish I could have taken it.
Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Reposted by Dave Barker
It's fun how capitalists say "we can't have socialism because people don't trust the state!" Mate, we don't trust the state because it is captured by capital and serves the interest of the capitalist class. It is precisely *because* of capitalism that no one trusts the state.
March 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's fun how capitalists say "we can't have socialism because people don't trust the state!" Mate, we don't trust the state because it is captured by capital and serves the interest of the capitalist class. It is precisely *because* of capitalism that no one trusts the state.