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Welcome to the Wild
Growing Collective!
News:
2008-05-07
Vargatid # 3 - a zine for struggle
and reconnecting to Mother Earth - has just been finished!
Click here to read it.
2008-04-24
A link to the book
The Art and Science of Dumpster Diving
as a torrent.
2008-03-17
We have started
to plan for this years Urvision,
the summer gathering we arranged for the first time last year. It will be
held between the 11-17th of August,
week 33.
Read more about it here.
A new text:
Native Lifeway Guidelines for Daily Living
A book recommendation:
"Alltings mått" av Helena Granström
A festival
recommendation:
Skogsfestivalen
And a few
link recommendations:
Green Is The New Red
Hunters of the Northern Forest
Living Primitively
Living Primitively Forum
Nianfors
2008-01-28
The film
A day in Brum's life at Teaching Drum
is about what it sounds like, what happens an ordinary day at
Teaching Drum Outdoor School.
It is partly in swedish and partly in english.
An essay in
swedish called
Civilisationen och universitetsstudier vs
Ursprungskulturer.
New links:
Audio Anarchy
Historiska världar
2007-12-28
The magazine
Re:public service has put up the latest issues
article about "climate warriors" on
their webpage. One person from the Wild Growing Collective is being
interviewed. (It's in swedish).
New links:
AgueliAgainstCivilization
Permakultur
There is now a
banner here to the right for the film
Dead Society. Watch it if you haven't
already!
2007-12-17
Two new books are
put on the site, both are in swedish:
Jean Liedloffs Kontinuumbegreppet
Daniel Quinns Ismael
And a new link:
Mytiska väsen
2007-11-17
2007-09-23
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While moving the
the website there some trouble with our mail for a few days, so if someone
has sent us a mail and hasn't got an answer, please try again.
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Nr 2 of the
webzine
Cromag
has been
released. We stongly recommend it. (But it's in swedish).
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Stockholms Fria
Tidning has written an article about The Wild Growing Collective and green
anarchy.
It can be read here. (Also in swedish).
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The donation box
at Urvision brought in 7924 kronor!
The expenses where 2609 so now we have around 5300 to put on coming
gatherings and other things we do. Thanks for that!
2007-09-20
We
have relocated our website to a new host. Because of this, the site
will look kind of funny and it might be difficult to download stuff.
But bear with us!
This fall we will arrange new activities and a new issue of Vargatid will be released, so check in again later.
// Vildrote for The Wild Growing Collective
2007-08-27
The Urvision
(Native Visions) gathering was held outside of Stockholm, Sweden, the last
week of July. Inspired by other gatherings about rewilding and resistance,
we wanted to make a similar event here. The site was very beautifully
situated by a lake in a blueberry filled forest, but with a clearcut nearby
reminding us of civilized destruction. Since this was the first time we
organized a big open gathering like this, we didn’t really know what to
expect, but it turned out to be really successful. Around a 100 people came,
from various countries in Europe.
There were a lot of workshops and discussions, and there were so many people
who wanted to share skills and experiences, that the program on the note
board was packed with activities during the last days. There were primitive
skills workshops such as friction fire making, cordage and knots, hide
tanning, bows and arrows, traps, plant gathering, primitive cooking and
moccasin sewing. Discussions were held with topics about for example green
anarchy, ecodefense, security culture, paleo diet, permaculture, native
parentning, and truthspeaking. Thierry Sallantin was there and spoke about
his many years living with native people in the Amazons, and his project of
trying to get a group to go and live there. There were awareness and
relaxation exercises, shamans held drum journeys and a sweat lodge ceremony.
It was great to have so many interesting activities, but the drawback was
that things collided in the schedule and people found it hard to choose what
to attend to. Judging from the interest and willingness to share and
discuss, we could probably have filled another week with workshops.
We managed to feed everyone with free food. People took turns in cooking in
the communal kitchen, always one vegan and one paleo alternative. There was
a library and a distro with magazines and books. We didn’t ask for
permission to be on the government owned land at the site, but there was no
problem with that, no cops came and no locals complained. Actually
everything ran very smooth, and there wasn’t any real problem with anything
at all. The weather was good, a few showers the first days, not too hot and
with almost no mosquitos.
Many experiences were exchanged, ideas spread, skills shared, seeds sown,
and friends made. People listened to each other in a respectful way, and
there were also a lot of joy and laughter, despite the seriousness of the
situation we’re in. It was a great gathering which gave a lot of inspiration
and empowerment. This gathering, and Zerzan’s speach in June at the
university of Stockholm for a hundred people, are clear signs that the green
anarchist, anti-civ, native longing, and wild growing ideas are spreading in
Sweden.
A huge thanks to everyone who came to Urvision and made it such an
extraordinary week! Hope we meet at the winter gathering over new years, if
not earlier.
~ Nattsmyg for The Wild Growing Collective
2007-08-01
Urvision turned
out to be a fantastic gathering, which greatly exceeded our expectations. A
lot of people came, some from far away, and there were many experiences
exchanged, ideas spread, skills shared, seeds sown, and friends made. A more
extensive report will come up later.
A big thanks to
all who came, and hopefully we'll meet again!
2007-07-18
Quite many people
will come to
Urvision, and that is great! But
that also means that a lot of food will be needed, so it would be good if
everyone who has the possibility could bring something for the communal kitchen,
or contribute with some money to buy food for. The kind of food we wish to
get are nuts, egg, fish, meat, roots, vegetables, fruit, lentils, rice,
pasta, bulgur, quinoa etc.
For those who
want to stay we are going to build a sweat lodge the last day, and
hold a sweat lodge ceremony under the full moon of monday july 30th. We need
blankets and carpets to be able to build it.
From sunday july
22nd we won't be able to check the mail very often, so then it is easiest to
reach us by phone on +46 76 11 74 664.
Much welcome!
2007-07-15
Hi!
Only one week left now til
Urvision and the
programme has been updated a bit. We are
sorry to announce that the flint knapping won't happen, since the flint
knapper can't come, but other activities has been added. One more thing that
is good to bring is a small bag for gathering plants.
We now open our
gathering phone, and the number is +46 76 11 74 664. It will be on during
the gathering and the week before.
Here are also a
few more links:
Anticivilizacion Gathering
Artdatabanken
Artportalen
Asfaltsdjungelns Indianer
Lila Svarta
Skydda skogen
2007-07-09
The
preliminary programme for
Urvision now has a brief description of each activity. It
will probably be updated again and more things will be added. Most likely
there will be a workshop in moccasin sewing, so bring materials, preferably
leather, if you want to participate in that. We plan to hold a sweat lodge
ceremony the day after the gathering, on the full moon of the 30th of july,
for those who want to stay for that. We build the sweat lodge together. On
the saturday the 28th we will have a big good bye party, so please bring
musical instruments. We will cook a feast, which for the paleo-version
probably will be a whole deer, which we cut up and prepare in a cooking pit.
And a word about ticks. There are ticks in this area that might carry both
Lymes disease and TBE, so make sure to check yourself regularly. Don’t panic
if you get one – the chances of actually getting contaminated are very
small. At the same time take this seriously and watch yourselves and others.
See you soon!
The speach that John
Zerzan held in Stockholm a month ago was recorded and can now
be heard here.
2007-06-27
The programme for
the activities during
Urvision is now up. Also more info
about the food, what we wish, and what you should bring.
Thomas Toivonen's
film Dead Society is now released! Download or
watch online on the webpage
http://deadsociety.org/
2007-06-17
Only five weeks left until
Urvision now, and the countdown has
started. We would like those who are coming to the gathering to contact us, and tell how
many you are and if you eat paleo or vegan food. Then we will give you the
location and a description on how to get there. Some more news, for example
more stuff on our wish list and more activities on the programme, can be
read under
Activities.
Welcome!
2007-06-12
Love, rage,
resistance and wild peace in the summer heat!
2007-06-08
Thanks to
all who came and listened to John
Zerzan and discussed afterwards. Thanks also to you who donated
money to help pay his tour. And thanks also to
The Association of Social Science who made
it possible for us to be at the university. Hope the discussions continues,
and that we meet at
Urvision july 23-29.
2007-05-26
The venue
for Zerzan's speech is changed. It's still at the university, but in room B4
in the southern house. More info about what the speech will be about, and a
poster to download, can be found under
Activities.
A bunch of new links:
ABC nättidning
NativeTech
Norrshaman
The Official Green Anarchy Forums
Oresonligt bilhat
Primitive
Projects
Rewild
2007-05-16
John
Zerzan comes to Stockholm June 4th!
John
Zerzan - american philosopher, author, and editor of the journal
Green Anarchy - is one of the leading
theorists of the anti-civilization movement. He is going on a European tour
and will make a stop in Stockholm. Don't miss this opportunity to hear him
talk about green anarchy, civilization, and the struggle against it.
Monday June 4th
at 18.00 o'clock at Café Bojan at Stockholm University. Follow the signs
from the underground station Universitetet.
Arranged by the
Wild Growing Collective together with
The Association of Social Science at
Stockholm University.
2007-05-15
New links:
Guardian Warrior
Healing the Earth
2007-05-14
We have got an email adress:
kollektivet@vildvaxande.org
More information about the gathering Urvision
New links:
Anarkisterna.com
Den virtuella floran
Fältbiologerna
NatureSkills
Prairie Wolf
Primitive Skills Links
Primitive Ways
Traditional Tanners
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