For The Wild is a slow media organization dedicated to land-based protection, co-liberation, and intersectional storytelling. We are rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth, and consumerism. Our work highlights impactful stories and deeply-felt meaning making as balms for these times.
Sharing stories from her childhood in Lebanon, Céline (founder of Slow Factory) gives us a look at what it means to be a hakawati (storyteller) and asks listeners what it means to have faith in times of crisis and how to commit to your morals in the face of suppression.
Ayana and Marcia discuss Marcia’s new book, Turning to Stone, and contemplate a life lived in conversation with the very Earth that holds us. Marcia offers us her grounding presence and her awareness of geologic time cycles that churn beyond human perception.
Join For The Wild in this series of live gatherings, embodiment practices, musical playlists to study and move to, extended access to new episodes, a collection of study notes, a community discussion group, and beautifully-designed practice guides that will bring a deeper level of comprehension with each book.
For The Wild is elated to bring you our second Slow Study with Bayo Akomolafe titled We Will Dance with Mountains: VUNJA! — a learning journey for you to explore from home at your own pleasurable pace.
Friends of For The Wild share short and creative offerings devoted to inviting relief, balance, and abundance back into our lives.
Invitations to explore moving out of binary and punitive thought
Some of the most revered voices featured on For The Wild.
Gumbs speaks to her understanding of Lorde’s work as “geological,” following the connection Lorde draws between Blackness and graphite—and our existence at every layer of Earth’s interior. Gumbs shares lessons for reciprocity, earthly embodiment, and the poetry of living.