Good news of the month: October 2024
Exciting steps for nature: 500k oysters in the Humber, Spain’s 1st marine park, and eagles return to Cumbria. A global push for climate action is gaining momentum!
The Nature of Nature
Explore the nature/culture divide, its origins, and how rethinking this concept can reshape our understanding of humanity’s role in nature.
Nature’s Landscapers: How Big Herbivores Are Reshaping Europe’s Ecosystems
Ever wondered how large herbivores like cattle, horses, and bison can transform entire landscapes? These gentle giants are more than just grazers—they’re nature’s landscapers, playing a crucial role in rewilding projects across Europe. From enhancing biodiversity to reducing wildfire risks, their impact is nothing short of remarkable. Discover how these animals are turning depleted areas into thriving ecosystems and why their role in our environment is more important than ever. Dive into the full story to see how big herbivores are reshaping the future of our natural world.
Environmental news of the month: June
European bison roam Portugal once more and help capture and store atmospheric carbon in Romania, Welsh seagrass nursery flourishes, Curlew chicks return in Fota Island, Nature unveils a stunning Highland restoration, and a New Ally against Big Oil!
Environmental News of the Month: May
A regenerative superpower against marine oil spills, Nature becomes a musician on Spotify and how volunteers improved water quality by planting one million mosses!
How to buy land for Rewilding
What if we simply buy land and rewild it? It’s a question many young people ask themselves. But how do you buy land for rewilding? From finding the right size for your rewilding project to how to finance it, we are sharing our top tips to look for land to rewild.
How Sylvester’s WildToken Initiative Empowers Youth to Restore Nature
For young people and communities, getting into rewilding can often be difficult due to financial hurdles in acquiring land. Challenged by this, Sylvester Rewilding created a way to empower young people and communities to collectively finance, own, govern, and rewild abandoned land areas in Europe. Read about the journey bringing together Sylvester Rewilding and how it creates a new and revolutionary way to scale up rewilding.
Bumblebees and why they’re vital to our survival
Save the bumblebees! Sounds a bit funny, doesn’t it? Shouldn’t it be ‘save the bees’? Well, bumblebees are even more important than bees when it comes to pollination, ecosystem health, and the stability of our food system. Find out why.
Environmental News of the Month: April
Citizen science in Germany, community seed banks in Brazil and a whale thought to be extinct in the North Atlantic ocean – here are our environmental news of the month!
Rewilding Book Recommendations
For “World Rewilding Day”- Week We asked our team what are their favourite rewilding books.
Here are the Sylvester Team top four recommendations.
Top 5 Rewilding Documentaries
Explore the world of rewilding with our top 5 documentaries. Witness stunning landscapes and heartwarming narratives that illuminate the vital work of restoring nature’s balance. Explore these must-watch documentaries and embark on a journey of conservation, preservation, and reconnection with nature.
Wolf Protection in the EU: All you need to know about the current debate!
The EU is deciding on whether wolves can be hunted in Europe again – a huge setback for the protection of the predator. Here’s all you need to know.
Grazers in the sun: our first rewilding workshop
This weekend, we discussed rewilding and large grazers’ impact on ecosystems before going to the field and exploring how they shape landscapes!
Exploring the World of Invasive Species: Insights from invasive species experts Hélia Marchante and Elizabete Marchante
Managing invasive species is vital in rewilding because they threaten native biodiversity and ecosystems. To gain deeper insights into invasive species, their challenges, and management strategies, we’ve interviewed Hélia Marchante and Elizabete Marchante from Invasoras.pt.
Sylvester’s January Update
Why we put Julia on a rope into a river, Richie went to a German climate fair and more news from January!
Rewilding Glossary
Dive into the lexicon of ecological restoration and conservation with our rewilding glossary. From apex predators to trophic cascades, this glossary provides a concise guide to all the essential vocabulary you need to discuss rewilding.
Nature’s Mysteries Unveiled: Must-Have Apps for Rewilding Enthusiasts
Phones often get blamed for disconnecting us from nature and the world around us, but they can also be powerful tools to rewild our life and reconnect us with the natural world. And here is how!
Bits&Species: The Power of Keystone Species
Keystone species can change the development of a whole ecosystem. Find out why they’re so essential in rewilding – and some examples you might not have thought about being keystones in ecology.
Rewilding action at Quinta Messejana
We successfully did our first rewilding action in collaboration with Quinta da Messejana, and the response was overwhelming! Join in our first Vlog and get a peek behind the scenes of the rewilding action, as well as all the ins and outs of the project.
Rewild your life #2 How to build a Bug Hotel
Small urban spaces, like gardens, play a crucial role in the success of rewilding. To support small-scale rewilding, Sylvester has started collecting interventions that turn your small space into a rewilding oasis, helping connect rewilding areas and species. Let’s dive into the first intervention: building a bug hotel.
What is rewilding?
At Sylvester we want to create more wilderness across Europe using the method of rewilding – but what exactly is rewilding and how does it work? In this blog post we give you all the ins and outs on rewilding.
Wildtokens Explained
WildTokens are your ticket to the European rewilding movement and you can get them through us, of course. But what exactly is a Token? What can you do with it and what makes our Tokens so wild?
The Fortune of the Commons
With these principles in mind and the vision that natural spaces should be sustainably governed, taken care of and providing value to all stakeholders, we at Sylvester aim to create strong communities around our rewilding plots, offering a fair, local and sustainable way forward for climate protection.
Monthly Inspiration: December
Find out about some people and stories we’ve been taking inspiration from!
