We Created a Rewilding Course

[@PaulCoxC]

The end of this cracks me up every time 😂

[@MossyEarth]

haha I love a good blooper - Tom

[@desireehelms8012]

How to get Mossy Earth to help the Native people of Attu in Alaska the descendents wish to return to the Island but there is a need to reforestation there was a Forest 10,000 years ago and this would help the people return

[@pufthemajicdragon]

Mossy Earth is the best. I've found other rewilding youtube channels and they all are too focused on making money and not enough on the actual wilding. Mossy Earth is all about the world, the projects, and the impact they have; money is secondary in your videos. That feels more honest, more genuine, and more sincere. Because you care more about the planet, we care more about you. That's my 2 cents. Thanks for the course, I'll be sharing it in all my local gardening groups! I may sit on a tiny suburban lot but I've always dreamed of a wild back yard :)

[@MossyEarth]

Thanks a lot for your feedback! I think you've hit the nail on the head when it comes to describing what our main focus is. Getting the most 'environmental bang for your buck' when it comes to spending our member's funds on restoring nature is how we've approached it since day 1. Thanks for spreading the word about the course. There's a part dedicated to rewilding your own space, either big or small, so we hope it's useful for anyone who signs up from your local gardening groups. Cheers, Tim

[@frenchpotato2852]

How about the Native Habitat Project? In my experience they ask for a whole lot money than even mossy earth does.

[@timmis15]

Thanks for the great work as always

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you! We really appreciate it. Cheers Tim

[@Nphen]

I actually signed up for this course last week when I saw it on your website. I want to bring rewilding and Mossy Earth to the American Great Lakes region, which is the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth. There is much potential in the US states and Canadian provinces that border one or more of the Great Lakes. Lake Erie is suffering algae blooms from farm runoff. The good news is there are agricultural colleges at several large university who can assist in research. I'd love to have a job fundraising in the US for Mossy Earth.

[@paulanthonycordova1724]

We will be here to cheer for you! 🎉

[@causedisland6056]

how did it go??

[@Nphen]

@@causedisland6056 I worked on the first two modules. The project at the end of the second module was to build a birdhouse or water feature in your yard. That got me to try and clean up my yard a bit, but there's so much overgrown, and crumbling (last owners were crazy bad) it's all I can do just to keep it from getting worse. I'm disabled by Long Covid so even though I'm only 39, I can't do much. My wife works 12 hours a day so I have to watch our kids and maintain the house. My dad lives with us. He barely helps even when he does have the energy. I gave an earnest attempt only to have issues that I have no control over get in the way. Winter is on the way but maybe docs will finally decide to give me the antivirals I need and I can restart next spring. I'd really love to have some kind of certification, because local parks departments are polluting parks and killing lawns with massive mowers shaving the lawn down to 2 inches. They tell me residents want this; for lawns to die and turn brown. They let trees just die and overgrow in the forest areas with zero management. They could bring a woodchipper out and fix the trails with woodchips, but they just leave 100% of the deadwood, which is not optimal. There is no concept of forest management in too many public parks. But no Mossy Earth in Michigan (or North America) to help out. Every single conservation group in the state of Michigan is related to hunting.

[@Leon-zu7oy]

May the force be with you!🌟

[@MossyEarth]

😆

[@pierre-oliviercayetanot7081]

Okay rest of my summer is set

[@MossyEarth]

We hope you enjoy it! ☀️ - Tom

[@diogoalves6294]

I think I sent an email many months ago because I wanted to learn with you guys. Now I can. I’m definitely taking the course.

[@wolf_quill]

I will be asking my mom to buy me this for christmas, and as my only gift ❤ i hope i can rewild the texas great plains

[@mr.lonewolf8199]

Keep up the good work Mossy Earth ☘️☘️

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you! We really appreciate it! - Tom

[@ZoopsMind]

This is brilliant. I'll be straight in there... once I've got some dosh to spare. (I know you said you'd consider providing it for free, but you can still use the money better than I could)

[@conlethberry1236]

Great idea Duarte & Matt, best of luck with that.

[@gracielags6826]

I love the work you guys do! Thank you for making this knowledge accessible!

[@MossyEarth]

Thanks for the support! Knowledge is power so we're happy to share as much as we know in the hope of inspiring more on the ground action. Cheers, Tim

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

oh lovely May the forest be with you

[@MossyEarth]

Thanks. As you can see this line had the team chuckling 😂

[@BramMertens]

Wonderful idea. I will pitch this in our corporate climate change group. Hopefully we can make use of this.

[@Nphen]

I'm in Michigan, and preserving the Great Lakes and re-creating some of the midwest lost wetlands would be a great Mossy Earth campaign.

[@awkwardatlas5623]

Woot woot woot! So exciting

[@MossyEarth]

Thanks! We hope you enjoy it and learn a lot! cheers Tim

[@earlinemcgahen3931]

after Huricane Helen this would open up need to restore habitat of the river valleys of the 6 states effected. whole river valleys wiped out. at 1 point they had more water in the rivers than the Niagra falls.

[@eliplayz22]

This is great! I feel that this is important to teach people about, as a certain degree of people have a lot of weird misconceptions about rewilding and what it entails, at least imho

[@MossyEarth]

Indeed, this is why module 1 goes straight into 'What is rewilding', the different approaches, and how to make your own assessments (in areas like 'assessing the value of ecosystems'). There's a lot to unpack so the course is designed to help people navigate the rewilding space with more ease! Cheers, Tim

[@eliplayz22]

@@MossyEarth Thanks for your response, and you seem to have what I pointed out covered in your course

[@Cornflower20]

Very cool! ❤️ Love to see this!

[@makingfreely6336]

This is so cool!

[@MossyEarth]

Thank you! We are very happy to share this with everyone! - Tom

[@pdsantos925]

Signed up! Been very fun learning about rewilding so far

[@karmapolice2815]

excited to check this out!! love that you will provide it for free for folks who don't have the extra cash at the moment. if there's enough demand, how about adding an option for folks who want to go the extra mile to sponsor a course for someone? if even half our members did it, could cover the cost for a lot of folks!

[@HiopX]

and may the Forst be with you. Greetings from Hambi

[@MossyEarth]

Greetings! and thanks for supporting the cause 🌲 💫

[@barbaralemons4741]

Sounds realy good.

[@VCE4]

That sounds important Hope it helps more folks out there to start the ball rolling

[@MossyEarth]

Thanks, that's the idea!

[@kayayala9091]

I’m excited to take this course!

[@drivethru6155]

Well I have something to do when I am not taking university courses in a couple years :P. Will be great to see how this evolves by then!

[@fiveminutefridays]

this is so exciting! I will be saving up to purchase the course soon - I really love that you have created this opportunity and can't wait to support it! is the course available in an offline mode?

[@SunnatSodiqov-l6h]

We got a rewilding course before GTA VI🗣️

[@Brenda-m8g]

Suban más videos!😊

[@Denkar11]

And also with you.

[@PH4RX]

1:39 - Gregg Wallace is everywhere!

[@eliplayz22]

Who’s Greg Wallace?

[@PH4RX]

@@eliplayz22a British TV guy.

[@eliplayz22]

@@PH4RX ic. I’m American, so I obv don’t know British pop culture

[@matthewdavies5875]

🎉🎉

[@Imnotbored99]

is there any rewilding that needs to be done in canada? its pretty wild already

[@Captainumerica]

Alberta's tar sands

[@eliplayz22]

@@CaptainumericaWhat?

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

There's some interesting things going on. Toronto is rewilding the mouth of the Don River and adjacent areas into a large wetland to manage flooding from large rainstorms and filter and detoxify water from storm sewers.

[@pufthemajicdragon]

So much. The tar sands as one person already mentioned. Peat bogs that have been mined for peat moss. Mineral mines galore. Canada's a big, wild country but it's still had its share of human hubris mucking it up in places.

[@drivethru6155]

Backyards, former quarries are a good place to look

[@garlandstyle5797]

I am retired and live on the east plains of Colorado in a small rural town. Would the rewilding course have anything helpful for this area?

[@matthewdavies5875]

There are a number of general principles throughout the course that apply to any location but as a foundation course, it's impossible to be too specific on one location.

[@ΝεκτάριοςΧριστοφή]

how about you cooperate with schools, universities and other organisations regarding the course. That way everyone can win in so many aspects.

[@Picci25021973]

Lesson one: how to get the money to buy the land you wish to rewild?

[@MossyEarth]

That my friend is indeed a tricky thing! We of course have our members to back us up but we also apply for grants and work in partnerships with landowners and organisations that have land. Plenty of opportunity out there! - Cheers, Duarte

[@omarboulmarouf1803]

Can you reforest Morocco's forets please

[@simonrooijakkers850]

Is this project worth it when you already have a background in ecology/conservation biology?

[@wild_cub_times]

Oh, this is so awesome! Can you some time partner up with Earth tribe? That would be awesome to have a lil insight in scouting :3

[@kevMB0000]

Hello ! i got the Mossy earth membership but i cant afford the course right now, what are the process to take it for free ? if its still available. I want to help the way i can !

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

Commenting for algorithm

[@cr-iv1el]

My property rewilds itself, lol.

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

God I really hope this works as a source of income

[@highcue]

[@PhoenixSerenity]

💚💚🍏🍏💚💚

[@earlinemcgahen3931]

Great Lakes and Eastern Canada are suffering from zebra mussel infestations

[@bullyarena3923]

Off to a good start imo BUT.. unless your planting both habitat and edible species for the different seasons your not gonna get the wildlife diversity return your after.

[@paladintrueknight]

If you want money, just ask for donations. Doing "modules" for $150 is just hucksterism when anyone can buy a used textbook for twenty bucks. Keep merch and teaching separate.

[@braedenhallam9186]

This is super duper awesome! Are the concepts discussed in the course broad and universal, or a little more region specific? Obviously examples will be tailored to that situation/environment/ecosystem/community or what be it, but will there be lots of applications for somewhere like Canada?

[@matthewdavies5875]

We have tried to make it broad and universal as possible.

[@kaktuskukkarossa]

🎉🎉🎉