Separation
Both rewilding and extractive farming share a worldview – they both see humans as separate from nature.
Unified Whole Systems
At Wilderculture CIC, we are evolving this conversation from ‘nature or food production’ to a future where it can and must be done better together.
Regenerative Farming and Living
To do this means living, farming, and managing our landscapes in a very different way—we call this ‘whole system’ regenerative approach Wilderculture.
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Why is the Wilderculture Approach different?
An Integrated Approach
Food production or nature restoration? On a rapidly degrading planet, the idea of sparing land ‘for nature’ while intensively producing food elsewhere offers a false choice! We can and are doing both better.
Bespoke Regenerative Design
In nature, there is no one size fits all. Nature adapts to every biome and set of conditions. We use regenerative design principles to create management plans that are like the unique fingerprint of the people and place.
Decentralised Ownership
Nature shows us that complex, diverse systems offer resilience. Our mission is to influence rather than buy up land because diversity in ownership is essential to creating vibrant rural communities and fostering human ingenuity.
Keystone Systems thinkers
When landowners and managers become systems thinkers and act as keystone species, then food production can be rewilded, and nature conservation can become more dynamic. Such people create resilient, healthful landscapes.
Restoring Whole System Function
Natural systems are highly productive, powered by rainfall and sunshine due to complexity and dynamism - the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and pests and diseases are self-regulating. We restore whole system function at landscape scale.
Self Regenerating
Farms that transition to Wilderculture become resilient, profitable, self-regenerating enterprises where people thrive. The farm and its people are more able to evolve and adapt and therefore depend less on grants and subsidies.
Our Vision
Whole system
Regenerative Design
We use a whole-system ‘regenerative’ design approach to socially, economically, and ecologically regenerate our ‘Wilder’ upland, highland, and Island landscapes.
Culture
A Heritage of the Future
We reverse the trends of ecological simplification, which correlate with depopulation and disintegration of culture, heritage and community in these important places.
Wilder
Regenerative Culture
Through engagement, education and community building, we support the development of a ‘Wilder’ regenerative culture fit for a thriving future for people and planet.
Great blog from @wildercarolineG highlighting learnings from @RobHavard1 and @herdyshepherd1 and other upland regenerative grazing managers 🌱
Up Coming Events
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28 January 25 09:30 AM
Wilder Climate Experience
Why a ‘whole system’ approach to climate change could be more effective than a narrow focus on carbon emissions. Join us on an immersive learning experience in an idyllic setting in the heart of the Lake District. This Wilderculture experience is the first of its... Read More -
Upland Regenerative Grazing Workshop
Learn why a ‘whole system’ approach to regenerative grazing is most successful. Join us on our one day practical regenerative grazing workshop for upland land managers. Set in the stunning Lake District next to Ullswater Lake - Gowbarrow Hall farm is a Wilderculture Project demonstrating... Read More
our main goal
Transitioning 1 Million Hectares to Wilderculture.
Our big goal is to transition 1 million hectares to a Wilderculture Approach. Your donations allow us to subsidise our training and consultancy work and sponsor farms that are struggling financially through our bursary offerings.
Your sponsorship helps us test and refine ‘Wilder’ solutions in key challenging contexts, such as deer stalking estates, grouse moors, and remote Island crofting communities, to innovate whole-system solutions and share results that inspire change.
Caroline’s bold vision for the future of Britain’s uplands makes her one of today’s most exciting writers on environment and nutrition. She is rigorous in her exploration of the science underpinning her arguments. Her contribution to the debate on the future of farming and the uplands is immense and invaluable.
We have had numerous opportunities to see Caroline's work up close. She has an uncanny ability to discover the heart of an issue and then shape it into language that has impact. She has a solid understanding of holistic management and the Regen ag space. We highly recommend her
Caroline has perhaps had as much influence on our farm as anyone in the past few years, through teaching us about soil and grassland management, and she deserves a sincere thanks.
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