Call of the Wild

A few ideas: • wildlife instincts and behaviour; pressures on wildlife today • domestic animals/livestock gone ‘wild’; surviving in the wild • people attracted to ‘the wild’ – farmers, nature lovers, artists, creatives, tourists, communities, religious houses, hunters, outdoor sports enthusiasts… • what is this thirst for the wild, concept of wilderness? Why do we need places to escape? ...to escape ordered, controlled, controlling society or urban polluted, overcrowded society, or something else? • how wild is the North York Moors National Park? How free are those living in and around it? • efforts to rewild, restore nature and help the planet • nature and heritage; the return to wilderness after industry; mosaics of habitats that owe their existence to the iron industry • campaigning for the environment and inspiring campaigners • wild art, getting wildly creative, public art of a ‘wild’ nature • resources from the wild used locally – foraged food, fruit, willow, timber, wild flowers for dyes and printing, wool, heather, biodynamics, etc • art, music, stories, buildings/architecture that reflect the wild landscape • is the Goth and Krampus connected with a thirst for the wild and the unknown? • adventures into the ‘Wilds’ of North Yorkshire and elsewhere…

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Please send contributions by 23 September

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